The richest in sport. Phil Knight, founder of Nike, 85, remains the businessman related to the sports sector with the greatest fortune according to the list prepared by Forbes. At the end of 2022, the executive had a fortune of 45.1 billion dollars and was ranked number 25, two positions less than in the previous year. The executive remains the largest shareholder in the company he founded, although he stepped down as president in 2015.
Behind the American tycoon, the leading personality in the world of sports is Jerry Jones, in position number 133, with a net worth of 13,300 million dollars. The businessman owns the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).
He is closely followed by the owner of Arsenal FC, the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, Stanley Kroenke, worth $12.9 billion. The tycoon occupies position number 138, increasing 45 positions by going from a net worth of 10.7 billion dollars to 12.9 billion dollars.
Phil Knight, founder of Nike, sneaks into the top 25 with 45.100 million dollars
In the list of the thousand richest businessmen in the world are also find other American club ownerssuch as Robert Craft, owner of the New England Patriots, in position 165, with 10.6 billion dollars, Denise York, the owner of the San Francisco 49ers, in position 523 and 5.1 billion dollars, or Dan Synder, owner of the Washington Commanders , with 4,900 million dollars.
several positions below former professional players stand out, such as Michael Jordan, in position 1,516 with 2,000 million dollarsTiger Woods, with a net worth of one billion dollars and LeBron James, matching the capital of the golf star, among others.
He top three of the list of the richest people in the world is made up of Bernard Arnault, owner of the Lvmh empire, with 75 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora; followed by Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, and Jeff Bezosthe founder of Amazon.
Arnault captains the list of the richest people in the world in 2023 with a heritage of 211,000 million dollars, increasing his fortune by 53,000 million dollars between last year and the current one. Musk has seen his assets decrease by 39,000 million dollars, after the collapse of Twitter shares, placing his assets at 180,000 million dollars, and Bezos has fallen to third position, with a fortune of 114,000 million dollars.
