20 Richest Owners of Sports Teams

15. Illitch Family: $5.2 billion (Detroit Red Wings & Detroit Tigers)

Marian Illitch is credited with being one of the world’s seven richest self-made women. Illitch made her money as the founder of Little Caesars Pizza. Illitch’s husband Mike, was the face of the ownership when they bought both the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Red Wings, but Mike passed away in 2017.