List of NFL franchise owners

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The following is a list of current National Football League franchise owners.

Terry Pegula, co-owner of the Buffalo Bills.
Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys.
Clark Hunt, chairman of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Zygi Wilf, majority owner of the Minnesota Vikings.
Franchise Owner Year
Arizona Cardinals United States Bill Bidwill1 1972
Atlanta Falcons United States Arthur Blank1 2004
Baltimore Ravens United States Steve Bisciotti1 2004
Buffalo Bills United States Kim and Terry Pegula 2014
Carolina Panthers United States Jerry Richardson2 1993
Chicago Bears United States Virginia Halas McCaskey†‡3 1983
Cincinnati Bengals United States Mike Brown3 1991
Cleveland Browns United States Jimmy Haslam 2012
Dallas Cowboys United States Jerry Jones 1989
Denver Broncos United States Pat Bowlen6 (Bowlen Family Trust) 1984
Detroit Lions United States Martha Ford[1] 2014
Green Bay Packers United States Green Bay Packers, Inc. (governed by a Board of Directors)5 1923
Houston Texans United States Robert C. McNair2 1999
Indianapolis Colts United States Jim Irsay 1997
Jacksonville Jaguars Pakistan United States Shahid Khan 2012
Kansas City Chiefs United StatesClark Hunt3 2006
Los Angeles Rams United States Stan Kroenke1 2010
Miami Dolphins United States Stephen M. Ross 2008
Minnesota Vikings Germany Zygi Wilf 2005
New England Patriots United States Robert Kraft 1994
New Orleans Saints United States Tom Benson 1985
New York Giants United States John Mara (50%)4
United States Steve Tisch (50%)
2005
New York Jets United States Robert Wood Johnson IV 2000
Oakland Raiders United States Carol and Mark Davis (mother and son)†‡ 2011
Philadelphia Eagles United States Jeffrey Lurie 1994
Pittsburgh Steelers United States Dan Rooney3 1988
San Diego Chargers United States Alex Spanos† and family1,6 1984
San Francisco 49ers United States Jed York1 2009
Seattle Seahawks United States Paul Allen 1997
Tampa Bay Buccaneers United States Bryan Glazer, Edward Glazer, Joel Glazer and Darcie Kassewitz‡ 2014
Tennessee Titans United States Amy Adams Strunk‡3 2013
Washington Redskins United States Dan Snyder 1999

† Majority or plurality owner, rather than outright owner.
‡ Family ownership of club has been passed on/split by descendant(s) of previous owner.

Bidwill, McCaskey, Brown, Ford, Irsay, Hunt, Mara, Davis, Rooney, Glazer, Smith, York, and Adams-Strunk represent ownership that has been longer than year listed, as teams have been owned by their families longer than listed.

1 Owner held stake prior to this date.
2 Original owner of franchise.
3 Child/heir of original owner of franchise.
4 Grandchild/heir of heir of original owner of franchise.
5 Public corporation with a grandfathered exception to current NFL ownership rules. Mark H. Murphy represents the team as President and CEO.
6 This owner is not active in day-to-day operations.

  • Kansas City Chiefs: Clark Hunt, one of four co-owning siblings, represents the team in league affairs.
  • Tennessee Titans: Tommy and Susie Smith, Amy Strunk, and Kenneth Adams IV split ownership, with Strunk as chairwoman.

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