Trailer Parks, Video Games & Amway: How Sports Owners Made Their Money
Owning a professional sports franchise is my dream job. I’m willing to relocate.
I’d be one of the more meddlesome executives fans love to hate. I’d demand a say in who we drafted and redesign our uniforms. I’d deliver dramatic missives via sports-talk radio and send cryptic messages through the press. And I’d encourage local schoolchildren to mail Christmas cards to my dog, who’d have her own luxury box and a cartoon on our cable network.
Of course, not counting the NHL, I could never afford a pro sports team. There’s a better chance I’ll miraculously develop an unhittable slider, or learn to punt.
You obviously must be exceedingly rich to become an owner. Did you ever wonder how all these people made all that money? I sure hope you did, because we went and did all this research. What follows is a list of ten billionaire owners and how they built their fortunes.
[Head over to mental_floss to learn how Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft and many other owners made their multi-billions.]