The annual FORBES 400 calculates the personal wealth of
America's top business execs. The following are select
members of the list who have direct investment interest in
sports entities (FORBES, 10/9 issue).
RANK NAME NET WORTH SPORTS INTEREST
1 Bill Gates $63.0B 10% share of Comcast
3 Paul Allen $36.0B Owner/Seahawks & Blazers
6 Philip Anschutz $18.0B Co-Owner/NHL Kings
Staples Center,
MLS Investor/Operator
15 John Kluge $13.0B Operator/MetroStars
16 Rupert Murdoch $11.0B Fox, Owner/Dodgers
25 Ted Turner $ 9.1B Time Warner Vice Chair,
Braves, Hawks, Thrashers
51 Al Lerner $ 4.6B Owner/Browns
57 Phil Knight $ 4.3B Chair/Nike
80 Charles Dolan $ 3.0B Chair/Knicks, Rangers, MSG
87 Lester Crown $ 2.8B Partner/Bulls, Yankees
94 Micky Arison $ 2.7B Owner/Heat
108 Rob Glaser $ 2.4B Co-Owner/PBA
113 Robert Tisch $ 2.3B Co-Owner/NFL Giants
124 Bill Davidson $ 2.1B Owner/Palace Sports
143 Laurence Tisch $ 1.9B Co-Owner NFL Giants
143 Mark Cuban $ 1.9B Owner/Mavericks
150 Wayne Huizenga $ 1.8B Owner/Dolphins, Panthers
150 Carl Pohlad $ 1.8B Owner/Twins
150 Glen Taylor $ 1.8B Owner/T'Wolves
167 Red McCombs $ 1.7B Owner/Vikings
175 Rich DeVos $ 1.6B Owner/Magic
175 John McCaw Jr. $ 1.6B Chair/Orca Bay
207 Bob McNair $ 1.4B Owner/Texans
260 Vince McMahon $ 1.1B Chair/WWF & XFL
274 Drayton McLane $ 1.0B Owner/Astros
299 Brian Roberts $ 980M President/Comcast
304 William Clay Ford $ 960M Owner/Lions
309 Bill France Jr. $ 920M President/NASCAR,
Chair/ISC
312 Jim France $ 910M VP/NASCAR, COO/ISC
313 Stan Kroenke $ 900M Owner/Nuggets, Avalanche,
Pepsi Center
313 Ed Roski Jr. $ 900M Minority Owner/NHL Kings
330 Charles Wang $ 890M Co-Owner/Islanders
338 Alex Spanos $ 850M Owner/Chargers
348 Stuart Subotnick $ 840M Owner/MetroStars
354 Michael Eisner $ 800M Chair/Walt Disney
354 Jerry Jones $ 800M Owner/Cowboys
382 Tom Hicks $ 750M Owner/Stars, MLB Rangers
398 Malcolm Glazer $ 725M Owner/Bucs
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