According to the Forbes 400 list, there are 33 billionaires who own professional sports franchises in baseball, basketball, hockey, or football. Here are the 10 with the highest winning percentage:
- Mark Cuban ($2.3 billion), Dallas Mavericks: 68.7 percent wins. Cuban bought the Mavs in 2000 for $280 million. They won their first NBA Championship this year.
- Robert Kraft ($1.7 billion), New England Patriots: 66.2%. Kraft’s Patriots, purchased for $170 million in 1994, have won three Super Bowls since he hired Bill Belichick as coach.
- Henry Samueli ($1.7 billion), Anaheim Ducks: 61.1%. The Broadcom founder bought the team in 2005 and won the Stanley Cup in his second season.
- Michael Illitch ($2 billion), Detroit Red Wings: 60.3%. Four Stanley Cups later, Illitch’s 1982 purchase price of $8 million looks pretty good.
- Jeremy Jacobs ($1.15 billion), Boston Bruins: 59.5%. After an almost 30-year drought, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011.
- Dan Gilbert ($1.5 billion), Cleveland Cavaliers: 59.1%. Gilbert rode the LeBron train to victories until King James took his talents to Miami a year ago.
- Stanley Kroenke ($3.2 billion), Colorado Avalanche: 58.4%. Kroenke also owns the St. Louis Rams, Denver Nuggets, and Arsenal soccer team. None have been as successful as the Avalanche.
- John Henry ($1.1 billion), Boston Red Sox: 58.1%. The Red Sox broke the Curse of the Bambino by winning two Word Series since Henry bought the team in 2002.
- Stephen Bisciotti ($1.3 billion), Baltimore Ravens: 58.0%. The Ravens have won a NFL playoff game for three straight years.
- Jeffrey Lurie ($1.1 billion), Philadelphia Eagles: 57.0%. Lurie hasn’t won a Super Bowl in his 17 years of ownership, but consistent success has helped raise the Eagles franchise value to $1.16 billion.
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