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The Ten Richest Club Owners – All Sports

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1. Steve Ballmer
Former Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer acquired the Los Angeles Clippers (NBA) in 2014 for $ 2 billion. A drop of water for the 64-year-old American, whose fortune is estimated at 52.7 billion dollars by the magazine Forbes.

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2. Mukesh Ambani
This Indian businessman made his fortune in the petrochemical industry. He now heads the Reliance Industries conglomerate, which is India’s largest private company. Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita are the owners of the Mumbai Indians cricket franchise. With an estimated fortune of 36.8 billion dollars, the Ambani family is the richest in India.

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3. Pinault family
It was in 1998 that François Pinault bought the Stade Rennais through his company Artemis. The Pinault family’s fortune is estimated at 27 billion dollars, which places it among the first three fortunes of France, behind Bernard Arnaud and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers.

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4. Dietrich Mateschitz
RedBull co-founder, Austrian Dietrick Mateschitz, has been involved in sport for more than fifteen years. After transforming SV Austria Salzburg into Reb Bull Salzburg, he bought the New York football club and renamed it Red Bull New York in 2006. He also owns the Formula 1 teams Red Bull Racing and Scuderia AlphaTauri. His fortune is estimated at $ 16.5 billion.

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5. Hasso Plattner
It was in 2010 that Hasso Plattner, a 76-year-old German, invested in the San Jose Sharks ice hockey franchise. Three years later, he became the majority shareholder of the NHL club. Hasso Plattner is known for being the co-founder of the IT giant SAP AG. This allowed him to accumulate a fortune of $ 12.4 billion.

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6. David Tepper
$ 2.2 billion. This is the amount paid by the American businessman David Tepper in 2018 to be able to afford the NFL franchise of the Carolina Panthers. This makes it the highest sale price ever paid for an American football team. David Tepper, whose fortune is estimated at $ 12 billion, is the founder and president of the investment fund Appaloosa Management.

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7. Roman Abramovitch
In 2003, the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, whose fortune is now estimated at $ 11.3 billion, bought the London football club Chelsea for $ 150 million. He would now like to resell it for … $ 3.9 billion.

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8. Philip Anschutz
The billionaire heads the Anschutz Entertainment Group, which is one of the world’s leading producers of music, sports and entertainment events. The owner of the Coachella festival is also the head of the LA Galaxy and Los Angeles Kings (NHL) football club. He has a fortune of $ 11 billion.

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9. (tied) Stanley Kroenke
With his company Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, the 72-year-old American invests in all the major sports leagues. He owns the NFL franchise of the Los Angeles Rams, the Denver Nuggets (NBA), the Colorado Avalanche (NHL) and the Colorado Rapids (MLS). Since 2018, the one whose fortune is estimated at 10 billion dollars also owns the Arsenal football club at 97%.

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9. (tied) Joseph Tsai
He is the co-founder and vice-president of the Alibaba Group, the largest B2B online trading platform. Taiwano-Canadian Joseph Tsai, 56, is now at the head of a fortune estimated at $ 10 billion. Last August, he became 100% owner of the NBA franchise of the Brooklyn Nets by buying the shares of the Russian Mikhail Prokhorov.

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published on April 14, 2020 at 3:36 p.m.

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