All but one of the MLB primary owners have seen their franchise values appreciate since their purchases, often extraordinarily. Here is a list of the men who brought baseball to the brink during negotiations with players to launch a 2020 season
Ted Lerner, 94, turned a $250 loan from his wife, Annette, in the 1950s into a real estate empire, founding Lerner Enterprises, currently the largest landowner in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The Lerner family is also a partner in Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the 2018 Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, the 2019 WNBA champion Washington Mystics and the NBA’s Washington Wizards and Capital One Arena.
Note: Team values are based on Forbes 2020 list. Net worth for individual owners were culled from from Forbes, moneyinc.com, Celebrity Net Worth, Bloomberg and Canadian Business.
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