World’s richest sports team owners: Top 20 includes Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham chiefs

World’s richest sports team owners: Top 20 includes Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham chiefs
There are 106 sports teams all over the world who are worth at least $1billion (753million).However, not all of these clubs’ owners can be classed as billionaires as such, with debt and minority ownership knocking the numbers down.7

Roman Abrahomich, who has been in charge at Stamford Bridge since June 2003, is the fifth richest sports team owner

In the latest findings released by Forbes up into this year, five of the top 20 richest clubs owners in the world come from the Premier League.They hold court with wealthy backers of NHL, NFL, NBA, MLS, Formula 1 and cricket, but who are the English top-flight’s men with money?talkSPORT.com presents the findings below.

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20. Ted Lerner – Net worth: $4.9 billion (3.69billion)Source of wealth: real estateTeam: Washington Nationals18= Joe Lewis – Net worth: $5 billion (3.77billion)Source of wealth: InvestmentsTeam: Tottenham Hotspur7

Lewis’s super yacht is occasionally seen in the Thames

18= Charles Johnson – Net worth: $5 billion (3.77billion)Source of wealth: Money managementTeam: San Francisco Giants17. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha & family – Net worth: $5.9 billion (4.45billion)Source of wealth: Duty-freeTeam: Leicester City7

Srivaddhanaprabha & family helped the Foxes to their incredible Premier League title win

16. Robert Kraft – Net worth: $6.5 billion (4.90billion)Source of wealth: New England PatriotsTeams: Patriots, New England Revolution15. Daniel Gilbert – Net worth: $6.7 billion (5.05billion)Source of wealth: Quicken LoansTeam: Cleveland Cavaliers13= Shahid Khan – Net worth: $6.8 billion (5.13billion)Source of wealth: Auto partsTeam: Jacksonville Jaguars7

Khanis set to enter the world of professional wrestling too

13= Jerry Jones – Net worth: $6.8 billion (5.13billion)Source of wealth: Dallas CowboysTeam: Dallas Cowboys12. Robert Pera – Net worth: $6.9 billion (5.20billion)Source of wealth: wireless networking gearTeam: Memphis Grizzlies11. Stephen Ross – Net worth: $7.6 billion (5.73billion)Source of wealth: Real estateTeam: Miami Dolphins10. Stanley Kroenke – Net worth: $8.7 billion (6.56billion)Sources of wealth: Sports, real estateTeams: Los Angeles Rams, Arsenal, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids7

Fans have not been happy with Stan Kroenke’s ownership of Arsenal

9. Micky Arison – Net worth: $8.9 billion (6.71billion)Source of wealth: Carnival CruisesTeam: Miami Heat8. Mikhail Prokhorov – Net worth: $9.8 billion (7.39billion)Source of wealth: InvestmentsTeam: Brooklyn Nets7. Philip Anschutz – Net worth: $10.9 billion (8.22billion)Source of wealth: InvestmentsTeams: Los Angeles Kings, LA Galaxy6. David Tepper – Net worth: $11.6 billion (8.75billion)Sources of wealth: hedge fundsTeam: Carolina Panthers5. Roman Abramovich – Net worth: $12.4 billion (9.35billion)Sources of wealth: Steel, investmentsTeam: ChelseaGetty7

Roman Abramovich is not known for his patience

4. Hasso Plattner & family – Net worth: $13.5 billion (10.18billion)Source of wealth: SoftwareTeam: San Jose Sharks3. Dietrich Mateschitz – Net worth: $18.9 billion (14.25billion)Source of wealth: Red BullTeams: New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda2. Steve Ballmer – Net worth: $41.2 billion (31.07billion)Source of wealth: MicrosoftTeam: Los Angeles Clippers1. Mukesh Ambani – Net worth: $50 billion (37.7billion)Sources of wealth: Petrochemicals, oil & gasTeam: Mumbai Indians7

Ambani is the 13th richest person in the world

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