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| x Edmonton Investors Group Limited Partnership | Edmonton Oil Kings |
The Edmonton Investors Group Limited Partnership was the limited partnership that owned the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League, and is currently an owner of the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League.]]. With more than thirty...
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| x Wycliffe Grousbeck | Boston Celtics |
Wycliffe "Wyc" Grousbeck is CEO, Governor, and co-owner of the National Basketball Association basketball team the Boston Celtics.
Grousbeck, after spending 7 years as a partner at a venture capital firm, Highland Capital Partners, put together and...
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| x Michael Heisley | Memphis Grizzlies |
Michael E. Heisley is an American businessman who is the majority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies. He orchestrated the move of the team from Vancouver in 2001, after promising to keep the franchise in Vancouver when he purchased it in 2000. Heisley...
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| x Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. |
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Toronto Raptors |
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) is the owner and operator of the Toronto Maple Leafs National Hockey League team, Toronto Raptors National Basketball Association team, Toronto FC Major League Soccer team, and Toronto Marlies American...
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| x Paul Allen |
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Seattle Seahawks |
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and is one of the wealthiest people in the world.
He is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which is his private asset management...
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| x Bruce Ratner | New Jersey Nets |
Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is the CEO of Forest City Ratner, the New York division of Forest City Enterprises, which is based in Cleveland. Ratner was New York City's most active real estate developer during the 1990s....
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| x Herbert Kohl |
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Milwaukee Bucks |
Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American politician, business leader and philanthropist. He currently serves as the senior senator from the state of Wisconsin as a member of the Democratic Party, and is the owner of the...
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| x James Dolan | New York Knicks |
James Loraine Dolan (born 1956) is Chairman of the Board of Cablevision Systems Incorporated -- parent company of the Madison Square Garden corporation, in New York City. James Dolan also serves as Chairman of Madison Square Garden and is well-known...
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| x Glen Taylor | Minnesota Timberwolves |
Glen A. Taylor (born April 20, 1941) is an American businessman who is the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team, owner of the Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball team, and a former member of the Minnesota State Senate.
Taylor grew...
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| x Christopher J. Cohan | Golden State Warriors |
Christopher J. Cohan is the current owner of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He acquired a 25-percent interest in the team in 1991; in 1995, he became sole owner; he sold 20 percent of the team to four Silicon Valley investors in 2005.
Cohan's...
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| x Robert Sarver | Phoenix Suns |
Robert Sarver (born 1961 in Tucson, Arizona) is the current majority owner of the Phoenix Suns. He bought the NBA franchise from Jerry Colangelo in the spring of 2004.
His father was Jack Sarver, a prominent Tucson businessman, banker and hotel...
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| x Ed Snider |
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Philadelphia 76ers |
Edward M. Snider (born January 6, 1933, Washington, D.C.) is the Chairman of Comcast Spectacor, a Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company which owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL, the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA, the Philadelphia...
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| x Richard DeVos | Orlando Magic |
Richard DeVos, Sr., (born March 4, 1926, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.) is an American billionaire and co-founder of Amway (restructured as Alticor in 2000). In 2006, Forbes magazine listed him as the 73rd wealthiest person in the United States...
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| x Mark Cuban |
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Dallas Mavericks |
Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American billionaire entrepreneur. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA basketball team, and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network.
Mark Cuban (his family's last name was shortened from Chabenisky...
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| x Abe Pollin |
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Washington Wizards |
Abe Pollin (born December 3, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is the current owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards, and former owner of the NHL's Washington Capitals and WNBA's Washington Mystics. Pollin graduated from George Washington...
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| x Peter Holt |
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San Antonio Spurs |
Peter M. Holt (born 1949 in Peoria, Illinois) is a businessman. He is the CEO of HOLT CAT, the largest Caterpillar dealership in the United States and chairman, CEO, and owner of Spurs Sports & Entertainment, which owns the 4-time NBA champion San...
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| x Dan Gilbert | Cleveland Cavaliers |
Daniel "Dan" Gilbert (born January 17, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan) is the Chairman and founder of Rock Financial and Quicken Loans Inc and the majority owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers
Gilbert founded Rock Financial...
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| x Donald Sterling | Los Angeles Clippers |
Donald T. Sterling is an American real estate mogul, attorney, and the current owner of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. Sterling acquired the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million, and as of the 2008 rankings, the team is...
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| x Micky Arison | Miami Heat |
Micky Arison (born June 29, 1949) is an Israeli-American businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator, and owner of the NBA's Miami Heat.
Forbes magazine places Arison's wealth at $6.1...
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| x William Davidson | Detroit Pistons |
William Morse "Bill" Davidson, J. D. (December 5, 1922 – March 13, 2009) was an American entrepreneur and professional sports owner and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
He was the chairman of Guardian Industries Corp., one...
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| x Jerry Buss | Los Angeles Lakers |
Gerald Hatten Buss (born 27 January 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers professional basketball team along with other professional sports franchises in southern California.
Buss worked his way through the University...
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| x Larry H. Miller |
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Utah Jazz |
Lawrence Horne "Larry H." Miller (April 26, 1944 – February 20, 2009) was a Utah businessman and philanthropist. Well known as the owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz, Miller was also the owner of 39 automotive dealerships throughout the West , and a...
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| x Jerry Reinsdorf |
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Chicago Bulls |
Jerry M. Reinsdorf (born February 25, 1936) is a C.P.A., lawyer, and the majority owner of both the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head...
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| x Howard Schultz |
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Seattle Supersonics |
Howard Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American businessman, and entrepreneur best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics. Schultz co-founded Maveron, an investment group, in 1998 with Dan Levitan...
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| x Maloof family | Sacramento Kings |
The Maloof family is an American family of Lebanese descent which owns numerous business properties in the Western United States. They are best known as the owners of the Sacramento Kings of the NBA (and their home stadium, ARCO Arena). The family...
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| x E. Stanley Kroenke | Denver Nuggets |
Enos Stanley "Stan" Kroenke (born July 29, 1947 in Columbia, Missouri) is an American business entrepreneur who is listed in the Forbes 400 as one of the richest people in the world. His wealth is estimated to be about $3.5 billion and based...
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| x Jerry Jones |
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Dallas Cowboys |
Jerral "Jerry" Jones (born October 13, 1942, in Little Rock, Arkansas) is the owner and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys NFL franchise and the Dallas Desperados Arena Football League franchise.
He went to college at the University of Arkansas...
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| x George N. Gillett Jr. | Liverpool F.C. |
George N. Gillett Jr. (born October 22, 1938, in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American businessman, former owner of the ice hockey team Montreal Canadiens, and co-owner of English Premier League team Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team...
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| x Jeffrey Vanderbeek | New Jersey Devils |
Jeffrey Vanderbeek is the owner of the New Jersey Devils, a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League. Vanderbeek, a New Jersey native and Devils season ticket holder since the late 1980s, became a minority owner when Puck Holdings,...
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| x Dan Snyder |
Dan Snyder (February 23, 1978 - October 5, 2003) was a professional Canadian ice hockey player. He played as a center in the National Hockey League for the Atlanta Thrashers.
Undrafted, Dan Snyder was signed by the Thrashers as a free agent in 1999....
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| x Roman Abramovich |
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Chelsea F.C. |
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (Russian: Рома́н Арка́дьевич Абрамо́вич, pronounced [rʌˈman ʌrˈkadʲɪvʲɪtʃ ʌbrɐˈmovʲɪtʃ]; born on 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian Jewish billionaire and the main owner of the private...
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| x Malcolm Glazer | Manchester United F.C. |
Malcolm Irving Glazer (born May 25, 1928 in Rochester, New York) is an American businessman and sports-team owner. He is the president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied business interests, most...
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| x George Steinbrenner | New York Yankees |
George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio) is an American billionaire businessman, and owner and the former principal executive of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. His outspokenness and role in driving up...
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| x Jeffrey Loria | Florida Marlins |
Jeffrey H. Loria is an art dealer and is owner of the Florida Marlins. Born November 20, 1940 and raised in Manhattan, Loria took an early interest in baseball, attending his first New York Yankees game in the late 1940s. Loria attended New York...
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| x Zygi Wilf |
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Minnesota Vikings |
Zygmunt "Zygi" Wilf (born April 22, 1950 in Germany) is the principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
Wilf's parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Wilf, are both Holocaust survivors in Poland. The Wilf family immigrated to...
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| x Eugene Melnyk | Ottawa Senators | ||
| x Bud Adams | Tennessee Titans |
Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams, Jr. (born 1923 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma) is a businessman who moved the Houston Oilers franchise from Houston, TX. He was a charter owner in the former American Football League with the Titans' predecessor franchise,...
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| x Mike Ilitch |
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Detroit Red Wings |
Michael "Mike" Ilitch Sr. (born Michael Ilievski, July 20, 1929 in Bitola, Yugoslavia, in present day Macedonia) is an entrepreneur and owner of the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers. In addition to his sports ownerships, he is the founder...
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| x Dan Gardner | San Ramon Bludgers | ||
| x Robert Kraft |
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New England Patriots |
Robert K. Kraft, (born June 5, 1941 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of The Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper & packaging, sports & entertainment, real estate development and a private equity...
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| x Al Davis |
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Oakland Raiders |
Allen "Al" Davis (born July 4, 1929 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a American football executive, who currently serves as the principal owner (titled as "president of the general partner" or "managing general partner", depending on the source) of...
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| x Tom Benson |
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New Orleans Saints |
See also Tom Benson (American football) and Tom Benson (politician) for the Northern Ireland Unionist.
Tom Benson (born 1927 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was the owner of the New Orleans Saints NFL team. He is currently the owner of several automobile...
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| x Chicago Tribune |
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The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (for which WGN radio and television is named), it...
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| x Pat Bowlen | Denver Broncos |
Patrick Dennis Bowlen (born February 18, 1944 (1944-02-18) (age 65)) in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin) is the Owner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Denver Broncos. He purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser in 1984 and saved the team from...
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| x Frank McCourt | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Frank McCourt is the sole owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2004, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox Entertainment Group, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Prior to purchasing the professional sports team,...
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| x Randy Lerner | Cleveland Browns |
Randolph D. Lerner (born February 21, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American entrepreneur and sports team owner.
Lerner has been the owner of the American football team, the Cleveland Browns, of the National Football League (NFL) since October...
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| x Tribune Company |
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Chicago Cubs |
The Tribune Company is a large, employee-owned, American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, responsible for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, Orlando...
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| x T-Mobile |
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T-Mobile is a mobile network operator headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and belongs to the FreeMove Business alliance, currently supervised by Nelson T. German.
T-Mobile is a group of mobile phone corporate...
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| x Virginia Halas McCaskey | Chicago Bears |
Virginia Halas McCaskey (born January 5, 1923) is the principal owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. She is the eldest child of legendary Bears coach and owner George Halas, who left the team to his daughter upon his death in...
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| x Dan Rooney |
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Pittsburgh Steelers |
Daniel M. Rooney CBE (born July 20, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the American owner and chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team in the National Football League (NFL) and has been designated as the next United States Ambassador to...
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| x Robert Irsay |
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Indianapolis Colts |
Robert Irsay (March 5, 1923–January 14, 1997), was an American professional football team owner; he owned the National Football League's Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts franchise and, briefly, the former Los Angeles Rams.
In 1972, the Chicago-born...
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| x Jim Irsay |
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Indianapolis Colts |
James (Jim) Irsay is the owner of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was born June 13, 1959 in Lincolnwood, Illinois to a Jewish father (Robert Irsay) and a Polish mother and later attended high school at Loyola Academy in...
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| x John Mara |
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New York Giants |
John K. Mara (born December 1, 1954 in New York, New York) is the president, CEO, and co-owner of the New York Giants. He is the oldest son of former Giants owner Wellington Mara.
Mara grew up in a wealthy White Plains neighborhood. A 1972 graduate...
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| x Steve Tisch |
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New York Giants |
Steven "Steve" Tisch (born February 14, 1949) is an American businessman. He is the chairman, executive vice president, and co-owner of the New York Giants, as well as a film and television producer. He is the son of former Giants co-owner Bob Tisch...
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| x Bill Kenwright | Everton F.C. |
Bill Kenwright CBE (born 4 September 1945, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is an actor and theatrical producer. He is also the Chairman of Everton football club.
He attended Booker Avenue County Primary School, and then Liverpool Institute High...
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| x Clark Hunt |
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Kansas City Chiefs |
Clark Knobel Hunt (born February 19, 1965) is Chairman of the Board of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs and a founding investor-owner in Major League Soccer. Hunt inherited ownership of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew and FC...
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| x Denise DeBartolo York | San Francisco 49ers |
Marie Denise DeBartolo York (born 1950 in Youngstown, Ohio) is the owner of the San Francisco 49ers. She is the daughter of late construction magnate Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. and the late Marie Patricia Montani DeBartolo.
DeBartolo grew up in a...
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| x Peter Karmanos, Jr. |
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Carolina Hurricanes |
Peter Karmanos, Jr. (born in Detroit, Michigan) is the CEO of Compuware Corporation and owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, Plymouth Whalers and Florida Everblades hockey franchises. He donated money to the Prentis Cancer Center, which was later...
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| x Drayton McLane, Jr. | Houston Astros |
Drayton McLane, Jr. is an American entrepreneur. He is chairman of McLane Group and chairman and CEO of the Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. In 2008 he was ranked #301 on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.
He was born 22 July 1936 in...
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| x Arturo Moreno |
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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
Arturo "Arte" Moreno (nickname pronounced /ˈɑrti/; born August 1946) is an American billionaire of Mexican descent. On May 15, 2003, he made history by becoming the first Hispanic to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the...
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