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The 10 richest sports owners are worth a combined $549 billion. Here’s how they made their fortunes.

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  • The 10 wealthiest sports owners collectively own 15 major sports teams.
  • These owners include tech moguls, hedge fund managers, and heirs to massive fortunes.
  • Forbes data highlights their diverse origins, from Walmart heirs to hedge fund managers.

As sports team values continue to skyrocket, the people who can afford to invest in these franchises are among the wealthiest people on the planet.

Today, the list of wealthiest sports team owners includes two separate heirs to the Walmart fortune, Rob Walton and Ann Walton Kroenke, along with Bill Gates’ former assistant Steve Ballmer.

Business Insider compiled a list of the wealthiest individuals who own a majority stake in a team from a major professional sports league and looked at how they made their fortunes, using data from Forbes.

These 10 billionaires —along with some of their families — are worth a combined $548.8 billion and own four soccer teams, four NBA teams, three NFL teams, two NHL teams, an MLB team, and a cricket team in India.

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