J. Wayne Weaver

Net worth over time

Biography

• Wayne Weaver is the chairman of shoe retailer Shoe Carnival.
• Weaver and his wife Delores are the largest individual shareholders of Shoe Carnival, with a nearly one-third stake combined.
• He was the first owner of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars and owned a majority of the team for 18 years.
• He sold his stake in the Jaguars to billionaire Shahid Khan in 2011 in a deal that valued the franchise at $770 million.
• Weaver started his career as a shoe salesman and eventually became CEO of retailer Nine West in 1978.
• Weaver grew up in public housing and did odd jobs like digging ditches and delivering mail. He never attended college.

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