Although the popularity of hockey is not as great as that of the other three major professional sports in North America - especially the U.S. - the NHL has no less eight billionaires among its owners. None yet linked to a Canadian franchise.
The NHL has the same number of billionaire owners that major league baseball, which is still surprising. The NBA and the NFL are "fittest" with 10 and 16 respectively businessmen whose wealth reached 13 figures (see tables at end of text).
boss the richest in the NHL is Philip Anschutz , from Los Angeles, a magnate of sports and entertainment that is also part owner of the Lakers (NBA). It also owns stakes in seven other professional teams.
The value of assets exceeding $ 7G (All amounts are in U.S. dollars).
Anschutz, through his company AEG also owns several arenas, including the Sprint Center (Kansas City), Staples Center (Los Angeles) and the LA Live complex, whose value is estimated at $ 2.5 billion .
Hotels, restaurants and cinema complexes are also part of its housing stock.
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