Denise York
Youngstown, Ohio
United States
San Francisco 49ers
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San Francisco 49ers
$2,500,000,000
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#916 Billionaires 2019
#328 Forbes 400 2018
Denise York owns an estimated 90% of the San Francisco 49ers, one of the most valuable teams in the NFL.The value of the team, estimated at $3 billion, increased following the 2014 opening of a new $1.2 billion stadium 40 miles south of San Francisco.York's father, Edward Debartolo Sr. (d. 1994), who built a fortune in shopping malls, bought the team for $13 million in 1977.Denise took control of the 49ers in 2000 from her brother, Edward Jr., who had run the team for 23 years, but found himself involved in legal trouble.Denise and her husband John York have four children, the oldest of whom, Jed, serves as the current CEO of the 49ers.
York's father was also an owner of NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins. Denise was the team's President in 1991 when it won its first-ever Stanley Cup. York's 49ers and Arizona Cardinals became the first NFL teams to play a regular season game outside the country when they faced off at Azteca in Mexico City in 2005.
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