The 10 Richest People In Sports

2013-03-05T01:32:00Z

Professional athletes rake in tons of money every year for playing the game they love.

But the real money comes when you own the show.

Forbes put out its annual Billionaires list on Monday and the billionaires of the sports world aren't out there on the field, they're the ones behind the scenes.

#1 Stanley Kroenke

Net worth: $5 billion

Stanley Kroenke is all over the place when it comes to sports team ownership. Kroenke owns the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche, the St. Louis Rams, and Premier League soccer club Arsenal.

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#2 Malcolm Glazer

Net worth: $4.4 billion

Glazer owns not one, but two sports teams. Glazer bought the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995, and the EPL soccer team Manchester United.

Manchester United went public in August 2012 and became the first sports team to ever be valued at more than $3 billion in January 2013.

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#3 Bernie Eccelstone (and family)

Net Worth: $3.8 billion

Bernie Ecclestone owns 5.3% of Formula One, an elite car racing league in the U.K. Ecclestone turned Formula One into a popular sport across the globe.

Much of his fortune is sitting in trust funds for his daughters Petra and Tamara.

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#4 Jerry Jones

Net worth: $2.7 billion

Jerry Jones has been the owner of the Dallas Cowboys since 1989. The Cowboys are the most valuable sports team in the United States worth $2.1 billion. After making a fortune in the 1970's in natural gas, Jones bought the cowboys for just $150 million in 1989.

He also owns the Cowboys' stadium.

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#5 Robert Kraft

Net worth: $2.3 billion

Robert Kraft bought the New England Patriots in 1995 for $172 million.

Kraft is also the Chairman and CEO of The Kraft Group, which owns real estate, paper companies, and the New England Revolution.

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#6 Stephen Bisciotti

Net worth: $1.8 billion

Stephen Bisciotti owns the Baltimore Ravens, he bought controlling interest of the football team in 2004. Bisciotti made his fortune founding an engineering staffing firm called Aerotek, now called Allegis Group.

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