A Guide to the NFL Team Owners (2024)

Age: 58

Ownership history: His grandfather, Charles Bidwell, bought the Cardinals in 1933. His father became sole owner in 1971, and he inherited the team from his father in 2019.

Other career highlights: He practiced law as a federal prosecutor for six years in Phoenix, Arizona.

Fun fact: He was a ball boy for the team when he was young.

Age: 80

Ownership history: He purchased the Falcons in 2002 for $545 million.

Other career highlights: He co-founded Home Depot!

Fun fact: He owns another Atlanta team, the Atlanta United, a men's soccer team in the MLS.

Age: 63

Ownership history: He purchased 49% of the Ravens in 2000 for $300 million, and then the remaining 51% in 2004 for $600 million.

Other career highlights: He founded Aerotek, an aerospace and technology staffing company, and co-founded the Allegis Group, a talent management firm.

Fun fact: He graduated from Salisbury State University with a liberal arts degree.

Age: 72 (Terry) and 54 (Kim)

Ownership history: The Pegulas purchased the Buffalo Bills in 2014 for $1.4 billion.

Other career highlights: Terry made his fortune via investments in natural gas and oil. (He sold East Resources in 2010 for an estimated $6.5 billion.)

Fun fact: Their daughter, Jessica Pegula, is the top-ranked American women's tennis player in the world right now.

Fun fact #2: They also own the Buffalo Sabres, a men's hockey team, the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks, lacrosse teams, and the Rochester Americans, another men's hockey team (an affiliate of the Sabres).

Age: 65

Ownership history: He bought the Carolina Panthers in 2018 for $2.2 billion.

Other career highlights: He is the founder and president of Appaloosa Management, a hedge fund.

Fun fact: He describes himself as "just a regular upper-middle-class guy who happens to be a billionaire."

Age: 100

Ownership history: She inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, Bears founder and owner George Halas.

Other career highlights: Her entire career has revolved around the Bears franchise.

Fun fact: She turned 100 on January 5, 2023. As of 2014, she was the oldest owner in the NFL—and all major sports leagues in the U.S., for that matter. As of 2019, she was the longest-tenured owner in the NFL.

Fun fact #2: She has 11 children and more than 40 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Age: 88

Ownership history: He inherited the team after his father's death in 1991, but his dad, Paul, didn't own the majority—in 2011, Mike purchased an additional 30% of the team's shares for $200 million, giving the Brown family a majority.

Other career highlights: He has spent most of his career working for the franchise.

Fun fact: He played football for Dartmouth College.

Age: 69 (Dee and Jimmy)

Ownership history: The Haslams purchased the Browns for $1.05 billion in 2012.

Other career highlights: Jimmy is CEO of the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain; Dee is the founder and executive producer of RIVR Media.

Fun fact: They are also majority owners in MLS club Columbus Crew, and co-owners of the NBA team the Milwaukee Bucks.

Age: 80

Ownership history: He purchased the Cowboys in 1989 for $140 million.

Other career highlights: In the 1970s, he started an oil and gas exploration business in Arkansas.

Fun fact: He's one of very few NFL owners who has played football (successfully)—he played for the University of Arkansas in college.

Age: 78

Ownership history: In 2022, he led an ownership group to purchase the Broncos for $4.65 billion, the most expensive sale of a sports franchise in history. His daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and his son-in-law, Greg Penner, are handling day-to-day ownership duties.

Other career highlights: He is the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, and served as Walmart chairman for 23 years.

Fun fact: He collects antique cars, including 12 Ferraris.

Age: 71

Ownership history: She took over principal ownership from her mother, Martha Firestone Ford, in 2020. Her dad, William Clay Ford, Sr., purchased the team in 1963.

Other career highlights: Sheila was largely a stay-at-home mom to her three sons, and when Martha took over the Lions in 2014, Sheila was by her mom's side.

Fun fact: She descends from the Ford and Firestone families. Her paternal great-grandfather is Henry Ford and her maternal great-grandfather is Harvey Samuel Firestone.

Fun fact #2: She played tennis for Yale, and was in the first class of women to attend the Ivy League school.

Age: 86

Ownership history: She inherited the team from her husband, Bob McNair, upon his death in 2018. Her son, Cal McNair, is the CEO and day-to-day head of the Texans.

Other career highlights: She is a philanthropist, and serves as director of various McNair family foundations.

Fun fact: She has 4 children, 16 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.

Age: 64

Ownership history: He inherited the Colts from his father in 1997.

Other career highlights: He has worked for the Colts since graduating college, and has spent time in departments ranging from ticket sales to PR.

Fun fact: He has a band, the Jim Irsay Band, and a collection of famous guitars.

Age: 73

Ownership history: He purchased the team for $770 million in 2011.

Other career highlights: He designed a one-piece truck bumper that was successful, and purchased his former employer, auto parts supplier Flex-N-Gate.

Fun fact: He arrived in the U.S. from Pakistan at age 16 with just $500. He's now the wealthiest Pakistani person in the world.

Age: 58

Ownership history: The Hunt family owns the Chiefs, and has since the team's founding in 1960. Clark is the chairman and CEO, representing his siblings.

Other career highlights: He worked as an investment banker for two years.

Fun fact: His mom, Norma, attended every single one of the first 57 Super Bowls—the only woman to do so. She passed away this year.

Age: 68

Ownership history: Mark and his mom, Carol, inherited the Raiders (then the Oakland Raiders) from Al Davis (his dad, Carol's husband) in 2011.

Other career highlights: He was involved in the retail side of the Raiders, and invented the muff-style hand warmer that players use when it's cold.

Fun fact: He also owns the Las Vegas Aces, a WNBA team.

Age: 73

Ownership history: He inherited the team from his father, Alex Spanos, in 2018.

Other career highlights: He is CEO of the A.G. Spanos Companies, an apartment developer.

Fun fact: He played golf in college at the University of the Pacific, and still loves the sport.

Age: 76

Ownership history: He joined the Rams as a minority owner in 1995, and purchased a majority share in 2010 for $450 million.

Other career highlights: He is a real estate developer, and is married to Ann Walton, a Walmart heiress (who is a cousin of Nuggets owner Rob Walton).

Fun fact: He has owns a bunch of other sports teams, including Arsenal F.C. (Premier League), the Denver Nuggets (NBA), Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Colorado Rapids (MLS), Colorado Mammoth (National Lacrosse League). The Nuggets and Avalanche are in his wife Ann's name.

Age: 83

Ownership history: He purchased the Dolphins for $1 billion in 2008.

Other career highlights: He's a real estate developer, perhaps best known for the Hudson Yards project.

Fun Fact: He's a major donor to his alma mater, the University of Michigan, where the business school was renamed after him in 2004.