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The 20 Richest American Sports Team Owners for 2023

Originally posted on Front Office Sports
By Doug Greenberg | Last updated 10/3/23

Regarding sports team ownership, performance on the field or court isn’t always king.

For the ninth straight year, Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer — who made his fortune as the former CEO of Microsoft — tops Forbes’ list of the 20 richest owners in American sports derived from the publication’s Forbes 400, which tracks the net worths of the richest people in the United States.

The runner-up for the second consecutive year is Walmart heir Rob Walton, who purchased the Denver Broncos for $4.65 billion in June 2022.

Coming in at third is Rocket Mortgage and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, who leapfrogged his way into the top three after finishing sixth in 2022’s list. Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera fell precipitously year-over-year from fourth to 14th.

For all the wealth on the list, few Americans crack the world’s list released last April: Ballmer was dethroned from the world’s top spot by Mukesh Ambani, owner of the Mumbai Indians in cricket’s Indian Premier League.

Here is the complete list of America’s top 20 wealthiest sports owners:

Rank	Owner	Teams	Net Worth
1	Steve Ballmer	Los Angeles Clippers	$101 billion
2	Rob Walton	Denver Broncos	$67.4 billion
3	Dan Gilbert	Cleveland Cavaliers	$21.3 billion
4	David Tepper	Carolina Panthers	$20.6 billion
5	Steve Cohen	New York Mets	$19.8 billion
6	Philip Anschutz	Los Angeles Kings, LA Galaxy	$14.8 billion
7	Stan Kroenke	Los Angeles Rams, Arsenal FC, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids	$14.6 billion
8	Jerry Jones	Dallas Cowboys	$14.5 billion
9	Shahid Khan	Jacksonville Jaguars, Fulham FC	$12.2 billion
10	Robert Kraft	New England Patriots, New England Revolution	$11.1 billion
11	Stephen Ross	Miami Dolphins	$10.1 billion
12	Henry Samueli	Anaheim Ducks	$10 billion
13	Jimmy Haslam	Cleveland Browns, Columbus Crew, Milwaukee Bucks	$8.7 billion
14	Robert Pera	Memphis Grizzlies	$8.3 billion
15 (tie)	Tom Gores	Detroit Pistons	$8.1 billion
15 (tie)	Antony Ressler	Atlanta Hawks	$8.1 billion
17 (tie)	Rocco Commisso	ACF Fiorentina	$8 billion
17 (tie)	Tilman Fertitta	Houston Rockets	$8 billion
19	Arthur Blank	Atlanta Falcons	$7.9 billion
20	Stephen Bisciotti	Baltimore Ravens	$7.2 billion