Who are Jeffrey Lurie and Clark Hunt? The owners of the teams facing each other in the Super Bowl final

Lat the end of the Super Bowl 2023 it’s here. Kansas City Chiefs y Philadelphia Eagles They will be the protagonists on the pitch. It is celebrated this Sunday, February 12 at 5:30 p.m., Monday morning, February 13 in Spain (12:30 a.m.). But in addition to the teams, their owners are also well-known and both have great fortunes.

Who is Jeffrey Lurie, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles?

Born in 1951, his grandfather owned the cinema chain General Cinema, where his love for the industry comes from and what he did before acquiring the NFL franchise. In addition, his family also bought various Pepsi bottling plantsso his fortune was considerable.

In 1983, Jeffrey joined his uncle Richard Smith to work in the world of cinema, founding Chestnut Hill Productions, later joining TriStar Pictures. In 1994 he became interested in American football, being a follower of the New England Patriots, he tried to buy the franchise from Kansas and succeeded, for a value of 195 million dollars.

This made him leave behind his stage in the cinema, to end up focusing on the NFL, leading his team to get their first Super Bowl in 2018, reaching a value of almost 3 billion dollars, with a fortune close to 5. billion dollars.

Who is Clark Hunt, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs?

Born in 1965, he not only owns the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL), if not also one of the founding investors and owners of Major League Soccer (MLS). He is the president of Hunt Sports Group, with currently the Chiefs y FC Dallas, although before it also controlled Colombus Crew. Under his tenure, the Kansas team has won a Super Bowl, in 2021.

His life has always been linked to sport. His franchise is already worth 2.93 billion dollars, having a fortune of almost 20 billion, which makes him a regular on the Forbes list.

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