List of NFL franchise owners

The following is a list of current National Football League franchise owners.

Terry Pegula, co-owner of the Buffalo Bills.
Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys.
Clark Hunt, chairman of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Zygi Wilf, majority owner of the Minnesota Vikings.
Franchise Owner Year
Arizona Cardinals Bill Bidwill 1 1972
Atlanta Falcons Arthur Blank† 1 2004
Baltimore Ravens Steve Bisciotti† 1 2004
Buffalo Bills Kim and Terry Pegula 2014
Carolina Panthers Jerry Richardson2 1993
Chicago Bears Virginia Halas McCaskey† 3 1983
Cincinnati Bengals Mike Brown3 1991
Cleveland Browns Jimmy Haslam 2012
Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones 1989
Denver Broncos Pat Bowlen†6 1984
Detroit Lions Martha Ford†[1] 2014
Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers, Inc. (governed by a Board of Directors) 5 1923
Houston Texans Robert C. McNair† 2 1999
Indianapolis Colts Jim Irsay 1997
Jacksonville Jaguars Shahid Khan 2012
Kansas City Chiefs Clark Hunt‡3 2006
Miami Dolphins Stephen M. Ross† 2008
Minnesota Vikings Zygi Wilf† 2005
New England Patriots Robert Kraft 1994
New Orleans Saints Tom Benson 1985
New York Giants John Mara (50%)4
Steve Tisch (50%) 		2005
New York Jets Robert Wood Johnson IV 2000
Oakland Raiders Carol and Mark Davis†‡ 2011
Philadelphia Eagles Jeffrey Lurie 1994
Pittsburgh Steelers Dan Rooney3 1988
San Diego Chargers Alex Spanos†1,6 1984
San Francisco 49ers Jed York 1 2009
Seattle Seahawks Paul Allen 1997
St. Louis Rams Stan Kroenke 1 2010
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Bryan, Edward, and Joel Glazer and Darcie Kassewitz 2014
Tennessee Titans Tommy and Susie Smith, Amy Hunt, and Kenneth Adams IV‡3 2013
Washington Redskins Dan Snyder† 1999

† Majority or plurality owner, rather than outright owner.
‡ Family ownership of club has been split by descendants of previous owner.

Bidwill, McCaskey, Brown, Ford, Irsay, Hunt, Mara, Davis, Rooney, Glazer, Smith, Hunt, and Adams 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 Original owner of franchise.
3 Child/heir of original owner of franchise.
4 Grandchild/heir of heir of original owner of franchise.
5 Public corporation with a grandfathered exception to current NFL ownership rules. Mark H. Murphy represents the team as President and CEO.
6 This owner is not active in day-to-day operations.

References

  1. ↑ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/10/martha-ford-inherits-the-lions-bill-ford-jr-remains-vice-chairman/