The 10 Richest People In Sports

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#1 Stanley Kroenke






Net worth: $5 billion
Stanley Kroenke is all over the place when it comes to sports team ownership. Kroenke owns the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche, the St. Louis Rams, and Premier League soccer club Arsenal.

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#2 Malcolm Glazer





Net worth: $4.4 billion
Glazer owns not one, but two sports teams. Glazer bought the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995, and the EPL soccer team Manchester United.
Manchester United went public in August 2012 and became the first sports team to ever be valued at more than $3 billion in January 2013.

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#3 Bernie Eccelstone (and family)







Net Worth: $3.8 billion

Bernie Ecclestone owns 5.3% of Formula One, an elite car racing league in the U.K. Ecclestone turned Formula One into a popular sport across the globe.

Much of his fortune is sitting in trust funds for his daughters Petra and Tamara.

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#4 Jerry Jones







Net worth: $2.7 billion

Jerry Jones has been the owner of the Dallas Cowboys since 1989. The Cowboys are the most valuable sports team in the United States worth $2.1 billion. After making a fortune in the 1970's in natural gas, Jones bought the cowboys for just $150 million in 1989.

He also owns the Cowboys' stadium.

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#6 Stephen Bisciotti







Net worth: $1.8 billion

Stephen Bisciotti owns the Baltimore Ravens, he bought controlling interest of the football team in 2004. Bisciotti made his fortune founding an engineering staffing firm called Aerotek, now called Allegis Group.

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#7 Robert McNair





Net worth: $1.8 billion
Robert McNair is responsible for bringing the NFL back to Houston. McNair brought the Texans to Houston in 2002. The Texans are worth $1.3 billion.
McNair sold Cogen Technologies to Enron for $1.5 billion just before the tech bubble.

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#8 Arthur Blank







Net worth: $1.6 billion

Arthur Blank is the founder of Home Depot. Blank also owns the Atlanta Falcons.

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#9 Jim Irsay







Net worth: $1.5 billion

Jim Irsay owns the Indianapolis Colts.

Irsay is known for purchasing Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," original manuscript in 2001 for $2.4 million.

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#10 John Henry





Net worth: $1.5 billion
John Henry bought the Red Sox in 2002, he also owns Liverpool FC. Henry made his fortune from his hedge fun J.W. Henry and Company.