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Sports Business Leaders
Founders, chief executives and investors shaping sports. 15 of 22 profiles published so far.
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Jerry Reinsdorf
The tax lawyer turned sports magnate who has owned the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox for four decades, presiding over a basketball dynasty and a baseball title.
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Bob Nutting
The newspaper heir who controls the Pittsburgh Pirates, a media and resort businessman whose frugal stewardship of the team has made him one of baseball's most debated owners.
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Amy Adams Strunk
The daughter of oil and football magnate Bud Adams who stepped out of the background to take firm control of the Tennessee Titans and stamp her own authority on the franchise.
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Hal Steinbrenner
The understated son of George Steinbrenner who inherited the New York Yankees and runs baseball's most valuable franchise with a quieter, more businesslike hand than his father.
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Cal McNair
The son of Texans founder Bob McNair who inherited the Houston franchise and now serves as its principal owner, steering one of the NFL's most valuable teams.
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Joan Laporta
The charismatic Barcelona lawyer who presided over the club's greatest era, returned to rescue it from financial ruin, and remains one of football's most theatrical leaders.
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Greg Penner
The investor who chairs Walmart's board and leads the ownership group that bought the Denver Broncos, bridging the world's largest retailer and the NFL.
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Jody Allen
The sister of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen who, as executor of his vast estate, controls the Portland Trail Blazers, the Seattle Seahawks and a sprawling philanthropic empire.
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John Sherman
The self-made energy entrepreneur who built and sold a major propane and midstream business, then bought his hometown Kansas City Royals to keep the team in the city.
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Mark Attanasio
The credit investing billionaire who co-founded Crescent Capital and turned his boyhood love of baseball into ownership of the Milwaukee Brewers and an English football club.
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Steve Phelps
The sports marketing veteran who rose to become NASCAR's president and then its first ever commissioner, steering the stock car racing series through a period of reinvention.
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Tom Ricketts
The financier and son of the TD Ameritrade founder who led his family's purchase of the Chicago Cubs and presided over the end of a century-long championship drought.