Los Angeles Clippers can afford not to skimp on expenses, since according to the magazine Forbesin an article published by ESPN, the owner of the team, Steve Ballmeris the richest owner of any professional sports league.
According to Forbes records, Ballmer has a ffortune estimated at 91.4 billion dollarsfigures that also place it as the ninth richest person on the planetand the millionaire owner for the eighth consecutive year.
Ballmer, before entering the NBA as an owner, was executive director of the company from 2000 to 2014. microsofttime in which he managed to amass a huge fortune, which allowed him to compare the Clippers in 2014 for 2 billion dollars, that is, 2 billion dollars.
the list of tycoons
Steve Ballmer is by far the richest sports owner in the world, although the rest of the top 10 list of millionaires among professional team owners is mostly made up of NFL team owners.
Rob Walton recently bought the Denver Broncos for $4.65 billion, making him the second-richest on the list, followed by David Tepper, owner of the Carolina Panthers, Steve Cohen of the New York Mets in fifth, while Dan Gilbert of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA is in sixth place.
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Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys is in seventh place, with his team valued at 8 billion dollars, being the most expensive franchise in the world among professional sports leagues.
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