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| Edmonton Investors Group Limited Partnership | Company | Edmonton Oilers |
The Edmonton Investors Group Limited Partnership was a the limited partnership that owned the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, and is currently an owner of the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League. With more than thirty...
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| Wycliffe Grousbeck | Person | Boston Celtics |
Wycliffe "Wyc" Grousbeck is co-owner of the National Basketball Association basketball team the Boston Celtics.
Grousbeck, after leading a venture capital firm, Highland Capital Partners, was part of the group (along with his father H. Irving...
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| Michael Heisley | Person | Memphis Grizzlies |
Michael E. Heisley is an American businessman who is the majority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies. Heisley regularly appears on the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list.
Heisley is also involved in multiple business ventures, such as:
Heisley was...
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Architectural structure owner | Toronto Raptors |
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) is the owner and operator of the Toronto Maple Leafs National Hockey League team, Toronto Raptors National Basketball Association team, Toronto FC Major League Soccer team, and Toronto Marlies...
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| Paul Allen |
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Person | Portland Trail Blazers |
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American computer programmer and entrepeneur who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. Allen regularly appears on lists of the richest people in the world. As of February 11, 2008, Forbes ranks him as...
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| Bruce Ratner | Person | New Jersey Nets |
Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is president and CEO of Forest City Ratner, the New York division of Forest City Enterprises, which is based in Cleveland. Ratner was New York City's most active real estate developer during...
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| Herbert Kohl |
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Person | Milwaukee Bucks |
Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American politician, business leader and philanthropist. He currently serves as the senior senator from the state of Wisconsin as a member of the Democratic Party, and is the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks...
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| James Dolan | Person | New York Knicks |
James L. Dolan (born 1956) is Chairman of the Board of Cablevision Systems Incorporated -- parent company of the Madison Square Garden corporation, in New York City. James Dolan also serves as Chairman of Madison Square Garden and is well-known for...
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| Glen Taylor | Person | Minnesota Timberwolves |
Glen A. Taylor (born April 20, 1941) is an American business and the head of Taylor Corporation, a privately held multinational company in the printing and electronics businesses with more than 15,000 employees.
Taylor grew up on a farm in Comfrey...
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| Christopher J. Cohan | Person | Golden State Warriors |
Christopher J. Cohan is the current owner of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He acquired a 25-percent interest in the team in 1991; in 1995, he became sole owner; he sold 20 percent of the team to four Silicon Valley investors in 2005.
Cohan...
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| Robert Sarver | Person | Phoenix Suns |
Robert Sarver (born 1961 in Tucson, Arizona) is the current majority owner of the Phoenix Suns. He bought the NBA franchise from Jerry Colangelo in the spring of 2004.
His father was Jack Sarver, a Tucson businessman and developer. He built the...
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| Ed Snider |
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Person | Philadelphia 76ers |
Edward M. Snider (born January 6, 1933, Washington, D.C.) is the Chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, a Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company which owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL, the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA, the Philadelphia...
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| Richard DeVos | Person | Orlando Magic |
Richard DeVos, Sr., (born March 4, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.) is a billionaire co-founder of Amway (restructured as Alticor in 2000). In 2006, Forbes magazine listed him as the 73rd wealthiest person in the United States with an estimate...
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| Mark Cuban |
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Person | Dallas Mavericks |
Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958 in Pittsburgh) is an American billionaire entrepreneur. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA team, and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network.
Mark Cuban (his family's last name was shortened from...
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| Abe Pollin | Person | Washington Wizards |
Abe Pollin (born December 3, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is the current owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards, and former owner of the NHL's Washington Capitals and WNBA's Washington Mystics.
Pollin graduated from George Washington...
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| Peter Holt |
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Person | San Antonio Spurs |
Peter M. Holt (born 1949 in Peoria, Illinois) is a businessman. He is the CEO of HOLT CAT, the largest Caterpillar dealership in the United States and chairman, CEO, and owner of Spurs Sports & Entertainment, which owns the 4-time NBA champion San...
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| Dan Gilbert | Person | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Daniel "Dan" Gilbert is the Chairman and founder of Rock Financial and Quicken Loans Inc. Dan Gilbert is also the majority owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers (having purchased them in March 2005). He then purchased...
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| Donald Sterling | Person | Los Angeles Clippers |
Donald T. Sterling is an American real estate mogul, attorney, and the current owner of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. Sterling acquired the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million, and today the team is valued at more than ...
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| Micky Arison | Person | Miami Heat |
Micky Arison (born 1949) is an American businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator, and owner of the NBA's Miami Heat.
Forbes magazine places Arison's wealth at $6.1 billion, making him...
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| William Davidson | Person | Detroit Pistons |
This article is about the billionaire and sports team owner. For other persons named William Davidson, see William Davidson (disambiguation)Played
William Morse Davidson, J.D. (born December 5, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American entrepreneur...
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| Jerry Buss | Person | Los Angeles Lakers |
Gerald Hatten “Jerry” Buss (born in 1934) is an American professional basketball team owner, a former real estate developer and a poker player.
Raised in the coal mining region of Kemmerer, Wyoming, Buss worked his way through the University of...
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| Larry H. Miller |
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Person | Utah Jazz |
Lawrence Horne "Larry H." Miller (born April 26, 1944) is a Utah businessman and philanthropist. He is well known as the owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz. Miller is also the owner of an automotive dealership, and a variety of other business ventures...
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| Jerry Reinsdorf | Person | Chicago Bulls |
Jerry Reinsdorf (born February 25 1936 in Brooklyn, New York) is the majority owner of the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head of the...
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| Howard Schultz |
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Person | Seattle SuperSonics |
Howard Schultz (b. July 19, 1953) is an American businessman and entrepreneur most widely known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics. Schultz co-founded Maveron, an investment group, in 1998 with Dan...
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| Maloof family | Person | Sacramento Kings |
The Maloof family is an American family of Lebanese descent which owns numerous business properties in the Western United States. They are best known as the owners of the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. The family consists of George J. Maloof, Sr., his...
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| E. Stanley Kroenke | Person | Denver Nuggets |
Enos Stanley "Stan" Kroenke (born 1947 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American business entrepreneur who is listed in the Forbes 400 as one of the richest people in the world. His wealth is estimated to be about $2.1 billion and based primarily on...
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| Jerry Jones | Person | Dallas Cowboys |
Jerral Wayne "Jerry" Jones (born October 13, 1942) is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys NFL franchise and the Dallas Desperados Arena Football League franchise.
After several unsuccessful business ventures (including passing up the opportunity to...
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| George N. Gillett Jr. | Person | Montreal Canadiens |
George N. Gillett Jr. (born October 22, 1938 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American businessman, owner of the ice hockey team Montreal Canadiens and co-owner of English Premier League team, Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett...
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| Jeffrey Vanderbeek | Company | New Jersey Devils |
Jeffrey Vanderbeek is the owner of the New Jersey Devils, a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League. Vanderbeek, a New Jersey native and Devils season ticket holder since the late 1980s, became a minority owner when Puck Holdings,...
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| Dan Snyder | Person | Washington Redskins |
Dan Snyder (February 23, 1978 - October 5, 2003) was a professional Canadian ice hockey player. He played as a centre in the National Hockey League for the Atlanta Thrashers.
Undrafted, Dan Snyder was signed by the Thrashers as a free agent in 1999...
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