Bert Bell was the initial owner of the Eagles, and the franchise changed hands a few times from inception into the 1960s. In 1969, Leonard Tose and his partners acquired the team for $16 million. They would hold the team until 1985 when Norman Braman acquired the team for a price north of $65 million. Braman made himself quite a score less than a decade later when he sold the team to Jeffrey Lurie for $185 million in 1994.
Lurie maintains control of the team to this day, and it has proven to be quite a wise investment. Based on the latest NFL franchise valuations from Forbes, the Eagles are now worth a whopping $3.05 billion. That places them at 10th on the list of 32 teams. The Dallas Cowboys hold down the top spot at $5.5 billion, while the Buffalo Bills are in 32nd with an estimated value of $1.9 billion.