Portrait of Terrence Pegula

Rank #378

Terrence Pegula

Net worth $9.3B

Natural gas · United States

Born
Mar 27, 1951
Age
75
Source
Natural gas
Residence
Boca Raton, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
5
Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Terry Pegula made a fortune in oil and gas and has since turned it into a sports empire that includes the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres.
  • His oil and gas outfit, East Resources, sold the bulk of its assets to Royal Dutch Shell for $4.7 billion in 2010.
  • He bought the Sabres the next year for $189 million and in 2014 outbid groups led by Donald Trump and Bon Jovi to pick up the Bills for $1.4 billion.
  • A former math major, Pegula switched to petroleum engineering on a scholarship and joined Getty Oil after graduation.
  • He founded East Resources in 1983 with a $7,500 loan from friends and family to drill sand wells.
  • Pegula's daughter, Jessica Pegula, is a professional tennis player.
  • A Penn State alumnus, Pegula donated $102 million to the university to fund a new arena and launch a NCAA Division I hockey program.

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