Denise York & family

Net worth over time

Biography

• Denise York's family owns more than 90% of the San Francisco 49ers, the NFL's sixth-most valuable team and the 2023 Super Bowl runner-up.
• York's father, Edward DeBartolo Sr. (d. 1994), bought the team for $13 million in 1977. It is now worth more than $8 billion.
• York took control of the 49ers in 2000 from her brother, Edward Jr., who found himself in legal trouble after owning the team for 23 years.
• Denise and her husband John have four children, the oldest of whom, Jed, serves as the current CEO of the 49ers.
• Her husband John, a pathologist, founded DeYor Laboratories in Youngstown, Ohio before selling it to Corning.
• York and her family finalized their takeover of English soccer club Leeds United in 2023. They paid more than $200 million to acquire the remaining 56% stake.
• York's first job after college was building the HR department of the family's company.
• York's father was also an owner of NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins. Denise was the team's president in 1991 when it won its first-ever Stanley Cup.