page_title: List of NFL franchise owners
hierarchical_section_title: List of NFL franchise owners
caption_attribution_description: English: Jerry Jones owner of dallas cowboys 2008.jpg
context_page_description: The following is a list of current National Football League franchise owners:
  † Majority or plurality owner, rather than outright owner.
  ‡ Family ownership of club has been passed on/split by descendant of previous owner.
  Benson, Bidwill, McCaskey, Brown, Irsay, Hamp, Hunt, Mara, Davis, Rooney, Glazer, Smith, Spanos, 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 Child/heir of original owner of franchise.
  ³ Child/heir of heir of original owner of franchise.
  ⁴ Public corporation with a grandfathered exception to current NFL ownership rules. The team is governed by a Board of Directors, and Mark H. Murphy represents the team as President and CEO.
  ⁵ Currently inactive.
  ⁶ Currently held in trust/estate after death of previous owner.
  Arizona Cardinals: Bill Bidwill died on October 2, 2019 and estate is not settled.
  Denver Broncos: Ellis represents the estate of Pat Bowlen until it can be determined which of Bowlen's five children will inherit the team.
context_section_description: The following is a list of current National Football League franchise owners:
  † Majority or plurality owner, rather than outright owner.
  
  ‡ Family ownership of club has been passed on/split by descendant(s) of previous owner.
  Benson, Bidwill, McCaskey, Brown, Irsay, Hamp, Hunt, Mara, Davis, Rooney, Glazer, Smith, Spanos, 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 Child/heir of original owner of franchise.
  ³ Child/heir of heir of original owner of franchise.
  ⁴ Public corporation with a grandfathered exception to current NFL ownership rules. The team is governed by a Board of Directors, and Mark H. Murphy represents the team as President and CEO.
  ⁵ Currently inactive.
  ⁶ Currently held in trust/estate after death of previous owner.
  Arizona Cardinals: Bill Bidwill died on October 2, 2019 and estate is not settled.
  Denver Broncos: Ellis represents the estate of Pat Bowlen until it can be determined which of Bowlen's five children will inherit the team.
  Kansas City Chiefs: Clark Hunt, one of four co-owning siblings (the others being Lamar Hunt Jr., Daniel Hunt and Sharon Munson), represents the team in league affairs.
  Seattle Seahawks: Allen represents the estate of her deceased brother Paul Allen, who had no immediate next of kin.
  New York Jets: Christopher Johnson is acting owner due to Robert's appointment as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
  Tampa Bay Buccanners:  Bryan Glazer represents the four co-owning siblings, including Edward Glazer, Joel Glazer and Darcie Kassewitz.
  Tennessee Titans: Amy Strunk represents the five co-owning siblings -- two sisters (Smith), and the widow of their brother (Lewis), and his sons (the Adams brothers), all the children of founding owner Bud Adams.
caption: Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys.
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