In its current issue, the SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL
presents its '99 "Highest-Paid Executives of Sports Public
Companies," and reports that Comcast Chair Ralph Roberts
tops the list of the 40 highest-paid execs at sports public
companies with a total compensation of $12.9M in '99. Time
Warner CEO Gerald Levin was listed second with '99 total
compensation of $10.8M (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 6/19 issue).
Meanwhile, FORBES releases its annual list of the 200
richest "working" billionaires in the world, who have a
combined net worth of more than $1.1 trillion, up $100B from
last year. The following are the billionaires with sports
interests, as ranked by their net worth (FORBES, 7/3 issue):
NAME BUSINESS WORTH SPORTS INTEREST
Bill Gates Microsoft $60.0B Stake in Comcast
Paul Allen Microsoft $28.0B Blazers/Seahawks
Philip Anschutz Oil/Railroads $15.5B NHL Kings/MLS
Silvio Berlusconi Multimedia $12.8B AC Milan
Sumner Redstone Viacom/CBS $12.1B CBS Sports
John Kluge Multimedia $11.9B MLS MetroStars
Rupert Murdoch News Corp. $9.4B Dodgers/Fox Sports
Ted Turner Time Warner $8.3B Braves/Hawks/
Thrashers/TBS
Craig McCaw Cellular Phones $6.1B Yachting Syndicate
Luciano Benetton Clothing $4.8B Sports Apparel
Thomas Haffa EM.TV $4.0B Formula One
Al Lerner Banking $3.9B Browns
Phil Knight Nike $3.8B Nike
Bernie Ecclestone Formula One $2.2B Formula One
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