Steve Ballmer (LAC): $126.4 BILLION
Miriam Adelson (DAL): $32.5 Billion
Dan Gilbert (CLE): $28.5 Billion
Stanley Kroenke (DEN): $16.2 Billion
Antony Ressler (ATL): $10.6 Billion
Others With Some Change:
Robert Pera, Memphis Grizzlies, $6.7 Billion
Pera is the founder of Ubiquiti Networks Inc., a global communications technology company. He worked at Apple after graduating college and in 2005 decided to launch his own company. He founded Ubiquity Networks using $30,000 of personal savings. Ubiquity specialized in delivering the Internet wirelessly to underserved areas and branched out from there. Pera is worth an estimated $6.7 billion.
Jimmy Haslam, Milwaukee Bucks, $8.7 Billion
Haslam’s father founded Pilot Corporation and Jimmy worked his way through the company. Pilot slowly built up an empire of travel centers around the country. Eventually the company merged with Flying J in 2010 to become Pilot Flying J, which is one of the largest privately held companies in the U.S. Haslam is currently the chairman of the company’s board.
