Rank #2054
Tom Werner
Net worth $2.0B
Sports teams · United States
- Born
- Apr 12, 1950
- Age
- 76
- Source
- Sports teams
- Residence
- Los Angeles, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Tom Werner rose to prominence as a TV executive, producing hits like That 70's Show and 3rd Rock From The Sun, as well as Roseanne and The Cosby Show prior to their controversies.
- In 2001, Werner cofounded Fenway Sports Group (then called New England Sports Ventures) and bought the Boston Red Sox for $380 million a year later.
- Werner owns more than 10% of FSG, which controls the Red Sox, Liverpool FC and the Pittsburgh Penguins, and counts LeBron James as an investor.
- Werner's first foray into Major League Baseball was as majority owner of the San Diego Padres in 1990.
- Werner first became a Red Sox fan while studying at Harvard in the late 1960s.