Pakistani American billionaire Shahid Khan is among a list of 10 richest owners of national Football League franchises, according to a leading American sports website. Khan, whose net worth is 10.8 billion dollars, is the owner of Jacksonville Jaguars. A total of 32 teams compete for a Super Bowl championship each year.
According to the SportsUnfold website, Khan is number 8 in the list of tenn richest NFL teams owners. Khan purchased the Jaguars for a whopping 770 million dollars from Wayne Weaver in 2011. He is the owner of Illinois-based Flex-N-Entryway, a car parts manufacturer, that he purchased in 1980. Over 26,000 people work for his company in over 69 locations worldwide.
Rob Walton who purchased the Denver Broncos this year for $4.65 billion, became the richest owner of an NFL team. He is the 18th richest person in the world with a nnet worth of 55.9 billion dollars and owns the retail chain Walmart.
Rob is followed by Jody Allen and The Paul G Allen Trust (net worth 20.3 billion dollars) who owns the Seattle Seahawks. Paul Allen acquired the Seahawks in 1997 for 194 million dollars.
Other names of the list of richest NFL teams owners include David Tepper who owns Carolina Panthers; Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys; Lamar Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs; Stan Kroenkeof Los Angeles Rams; Miami Dolphins’ owner Stephen Ross; New England Patriots’ Robert Kraft; and Arthur Blank of Atlanta Falcons.