Team/Owner Profile
Owners ages as
of 3/2021
Source:
ProFootballWeekly
Franchise Football League
est 1989
Buffalo Bills
Owner: Terry & Kim Pegula   Age: 69 & 51
Bought team: 2014
Stadium: Highmark BC / BS Stadium (completed in 1973)
TV market size: 636,000 viewers (ranked 51st)
2021 Forbes value: $2.27B (ranked 32nd)
Miami Dolphins
Owner: Stephen Ross   Age: 80
Bought team: 2009
Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium (opened in 1987)
TV market size: 1.580 million viewers (ranked 16th)
2021 Forbes value: $3.42B (ranked 15th)
New England Patriots
Owner: Robert Kraft   Age: 79
Bought team: 1994
Stadium: Gillette Stadium (opened in 2002)
TV market size: 2.460 million viewers (ranked 7th)
2021 Forbes value: $5.0B (ranked 2nd)
New York Jets
Owner: Robert (Woody) Johnson Age: 73
and Christopher Johnson Age:61
Bought team: 2000
Stadium: MetLife Stadium (opened 2010)
TV market size: 7.515 million viewers (ranked 1st)
2021 Forbes value: $4.05B (ranked 8th)
Pegula was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, where he attended high school at Scranton Preparatory School. From there he attended college at Penn State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering. He currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida, along with his second wife, Kim Pegula (née Kerr), a graduate of Houghton College and whose hometown is Fairport, New York.[24] Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, and at age 5 was adopted in 1973 by Ralph and Marilyn Kerr. He has five children, two from a previous marriage (Michael and Laura) and three with Kim (Jessica, Kelly and Matthew). Jessica Pegula is a tennis player on the Women's Tennis Association's Pro Circuit.
Stephen Ross is one of the newer owners in the NFL, taking 95 percent ownership of the team on Jan. 20, 2009, after previously becoming a 50 percent partner with former owner H. Wayne Huizenga in 2008. Ross, who grew up in the Miami area, is the founder of Related Companies, a privately owned real-estate firm. The University of Michigan renamed its business school after Ross, who showed his inexperience in NFL ownership this offseason when he flew to California to court Jim Harbaugh while head coach Tony Sparano was still under contract.
Robert Kraft bought the Patriots in 1994 and since has turned them into one of the league's better franchises. The Patriots have won three Super Bowls under Kraft's ownership and were named "The Best Team in Sports" in 2005 by Forbes. Kraft is the chairman of the league's broadcast committee. He got his business start with Rand-Whitney Group, a company that converted paper into packaging. He founded The Kraft Group, which works in distribution of forest products, paper and packaging manufacturing, sports and entertainment, real-estate development and private equity and venture investing. The Group oversaw the construction of Gillette Stadium.
After inheriting a great amount of wealth from a family fortune — his great-grandfather was a co-founder of Johnson & Johnson — Woody Johnson has spent much of his life working as a philanthropist and political fundraiser. He bought the Jets at the start of the decade and has made it his mission to improve the team's status as second-class citizens in the tri-state area, financing a talented roster and moving the club into a new stadium that doesn't have the name "Giants" in it. Johnson has become more of a public figure in recent years, taking an active role in many league issues.
Denver Broncos
Owner: S. Robson Walton-Penner Group   Age: 77
Bought team: 8 / 2022
Stadium: Empower Field at Mile High (completed in 2001)
TV market size: 1.572 million viewers (ranked 17th)
2021 Forbes value: $3.75B (ranked 10th)
2022 bought the Broncos for $4.65 B (ranked 5th)
Kansas City Chiefs
Owners: Clark Hunt and siblings   Age: 56
Founded team: 1960
Stadium: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium (completed in 1972)
TV market size: 974,820 viewers (ranked 31st)
2021 Forbes value: $2.93B (ranked 22th)
Las Vegas Raiders
Owner: Mark and Carol (mom) Davis  Age: 65 / 88
Bought team: Inherited in 2011 from his father Al
Stadium: Allegiant Stadium Paradise, NV (Opening 2020)
TV market size: 2.523 million viewers (ranked 6th)
2021 Forbes value: $3.415B (ranked 16th)
Los Angeles Chargers
Owner: Dean & Michael Spanos   Age: 72 & 63
Bought team: Inherited the team in 2018
Stadium: SoFi Stadium (opening in 2020)
TV market size: 1.089 million viewers (ranked 28th)
2021 Forbes value: $2.92B (ranked 23rd)
Rob Walton was born on October 28, 1944, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. the oldest of four children of Sam Walton (1918–1992), cofounder of Walmart, and Helen Walton (1919–2007). He has a younger brother, Jim Walton, and a younger sister, Alice Walton. Another brother, John Walton, died in 2005. Walton attended The College of Wooster and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He received his juris doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 1969. Walton is also a trustee at The College of Wooster. On 8-9-2022 he became owner of the Denver Broncos National Football League team. Walton-Penner group.
The Chiefs are owned by the children of Lamar Hunt, who founded the team, with Clark Hunt serving as the chairman of the board. The Hunt family made its money in the oil business, beginning with Clark's grandfather, oil tycoon H.L. Hunt. The 46-year-old Clark is also the chairman of Hunt Sports Group and owner of Major League Soccer teams FC Dallas and the Columbus Crew. Hunt was a member of the commissioner search committee responsible for appointing Roger Goodell. He also serves on the NFL's digital media and international committees, as well as the executive committee of the NFL management council. Hunt was one of five owners who took part in CBA negotiations over Super Bowl weekend.
Mark Davis (born 1954) is principal owner and managing general partner of the Las Vegas Raiders. Davis inherited the team after the death of his father, Al, in 2011. Davis with his mother, Carol, own a 47 percent share of the Raiders, which is contractually structured to give them controlling interest. However, Mark has day-to-day control of the team. Davis is a graduate of California State University, Chico.
The Chargers have been owned by Alex Spanos since 1984, although son Dean has been the primary decision maker since taking over as team president and CEO in 1994. Alex is a self-made billionaire who made his fortune by starting construction companies, of which Dean is now president. The 60-year-old Dean Spanos currently serves on the NFL's business ventures, international and legislative committees, as well as on the NFL management council executive committee. Spanos took part in CBA negotiations over Super Bowl weekend.