Meet the 25 billion dollars -hunt family, whose oil assets created the Kansas City Chiefs and look other top teams in professional sports

• Lamar Hunt Sr., The founder of the Kansas City Chiefs, Not only in football, but also in basketball, football, football and tennis.

The Kansas City Chiefs are looking for their third Super Bowl victory in a row and may give a famous and lucrative franchise a historical performance.

The chiefs belong to Lamar Hunt Jr., Sharron Hunt, Clark Hunt and Daniel Hunt, The children of the late Lamar Hunt Sr., the franchise founder. The family has owned the club from the American Football League, a direct competitor of the NFL since their beginnings in 1959.

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“I think it's really amazing how big the game has become, and it is something that we as a family think a lot about these early super bowls that my father had in Rich Eisen -Show in Rich Eisen show in Rich Eisen show last week.

In the meantime, the chiefs were also a main support in the last Super Bowls and performed in their fifth championship game in the last six seasons.

The fate of the team on the field helped his assets outside the field, since its assessment of 1.5 billion US dollars in 2015 has increased to 4.85 billion US dollars, 24th in the league, is loud. Forbes.

“The reviews are fascinating to look at, but it is not something that our family really focuses on. We are in sports because we love sport and love the community,” Clark Hunt told CNBC on Wednesday.

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Nevertheless, the team contributed to enriching the Hunt family that Forbes According to net assets of 24.8 billion US dollars and makes America's 12th richest family. That rose from $ 14.2 billion in 2015.

The Kansas City Chiefs did not immediately answer a request for a comment.

Oil assets

Hunt assets return to Lamar Sr.'s father HL Hunt, who owned one of the world's largest oil deposits and founded Hunt Oil. He converted his business into the largest oil company in the USA in the USA

In addition to the oil success, he diversified his assets and invested in other industries such as publishing, cosmetics and pecanny agriculture. When HL Hunt died in 1974, according to Britannica, his assets were estimated at $ 2 billion to $ 3 billion.

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His descendants are also billionaires. Bloomberg estimates that son Ray Lee is 9.16 billion dollars. He is an emeritus chairman of Hunt Consolidated, which Hunt Oil Company, Hunt Energy and Hunt Realty Investments belong. Ray Lee Ranches also owns Hoodoo Land Holdings and real estate with Hunt Realty.

In 2008, the oldest children from HL Hunt, Margaret and HL Hunt III, Hunt Petroleum to Xto Energy sold in a bar and stock business of 4.2 billion dollars.

Son William Herbert controlled Petro-Hunt, who bought minerals and license fees and held part of the owner of Placid Refining, an oil refinery in Louisiana. He was also a real estate developer in Arizona, Texas and California. He died in April 2024.

His daughter Caroline founded Rosewood Hotels & Resorts in 2011 for 229.5 million dollars. She died in 2018.

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Apart from his owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, Lamar Hunt Sr. was a first investor in the Chicago Bulls and invested in other teams around the world, especially after visiting England during the 1966 World Cup and was inspired to found American professional football.

In 1967 he founded the Dallas Tornado (now FC Dallas) and the North American football league. Hunt also invested in the Kansas City Wizards (now sports with Kansas City) and the Columbus crew.

In 1994 the World Cup was first played on American soil and Hunt was the key to the orchestration of the tournament. In 1996 the Hunt family became a charter investor in the Major League Soccer. In addition, Lamar Hunt Sr. was the World Cup of tennis.

He died of prostate cancer in 2006 and left his children – Lamar Jr., Sharron, Clark and Daniel – with 25% of the chiefs. They each have a net assets of 1.6 billion US dollars, so ForbesWhich lists the chiefs as the source of their wealth.

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At his father's footsteps, Clark Hunt is an important player in Kansas City's offer to organize 2026 World Cup games.

“The orientation of the FIFA World Cup is a unique opportunity for our city, our community and our region,” said Hunt at a World Cup event.

This story was originally presented on Fortune.com