Portrait of Jerry Jones & family

Rank #147

Jerry Jones & family

Net worth $19.1B

Dallas Cowboys · United States

Born
Oct 13, 1942
Age
83
Source
Dallas Cowboys
Residence
Dallas, Texas
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Arkansas; Master of Arts, University of Arkansas

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Jerry Jones, co-captain of the University of Arkansas 1964 national championship team, has long had football in his blood.
  • His most valuable holding is the Dallas Cowboys, which he bought for $150 million in 1989. The team is currently valued at roughly $13 billion.
  • Jones made a name for himself as an oil wildcatter, making his first million in oil investments in the 1970s.
  • He still invests in drilling opportunities as well as retail and residential real estate projects in Dallas.
  • After a 2018 deal, Jones became the controlling shareholder in Comstock Resources, a publicly traded Texas oil and gas company.
  • An avid art collector, Jones owns Norman Rockwell's "Coin Toss" as well as paintings by Picasso, Renoir and Matisse among others.
  • Jones jumped into the workforce at age 9 as a customer greeter at his parent's grocery store, named Pat's Supermarket.
  • Jones' Dallas Cowboys have topped Forbes' list of most valuable NFL teams since 2018.

Financial assets

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