Professional sports are one of the most lucrative businesses in the world. Individual teams in the top sports leagues can be worth billions of dollars. The owning of a professional sports team has come to be a status symbol among the mega rich. A number of the world’s billionaires have chosen to spend their money on buying sports teams. From the NBA to the English Premier League, and from the NHL to the NFL, some of the world’s richest have stakes in the biggest teams across the globe.
Here are the top 10 richest sports billionaires in the world.
Rank | Name | Net Worth |
1. | Mukesh Ambani | $84.5 billion |
2. | Steve Ballmer | $68.7 billion |
3. | Daniel Gilbert | $51.9 billion |
4. | François Pinault | $42.3 billion |
5. | Dietrich Mateschitz | $26.9 billion |
6. | Robert Pera | $18.3 billion |
7. | Steve Cohen | $16 billion |
8. | Roman Abramovich | $14.5 billion |
9. | David Tepper | $14.5 billion |
10. | Joseph Tsai | $11.6 billion |
