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Money & Power 2022
The Hockey News' fourth annual Money & Power special edition is stocked with interviews and features, including the Top 100 People of Power and Influence, exploring the financial side of hockey.
Seattle Kraken
NHL VALUATIONS $750M OWNERSHIP DAVID BONDERMAN MANAGING PARTNER, SEATTLE HOCKEY PARTNERS DAVID BONDERMAN, 79, is the Seattle Kraken’s managing partner. According to Forbes magazine, Bonderman has a net worth of an estimated $4.5 billion. He is the chairman and cofounder of private equity giant TPG Capital – which he started alongside buisness partner Jim Coulter in 1992. TPG Capital was originally known by the name Texas Pacific Group, and is one of the world’s foremost alternative asset managers, reportedly handling more than $100 billion in assets. While Bonderman is a minority owner of the NBA Boston Celtics, he had long been eyeing-up stewardship of an NHL franchise. That eventually came to pass with his cofounding of the Kraken, alongside business partner and Hollywood producer and director Jerry Bruckheimer. Born in Los Angeles, Bonderman got his undergraduate degree…
Hockey Industry Executives
> 1. BILL HORNBUCKLE AGE: 64 / TOP 100: 51 MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL CEO AND PRESIDENT The sports-betting deal with the NHL was huge and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Deals with individual teams (such as Vegas) add further clout to Hornbuckle’s portfolio. > 2. JAMES PITARO AGE: 52 / TOP 100: 53 ESPN CHAIRMAN As leader of the sports-media powerhouse, Pitaro brings weight to the NHL with ESPN now a rightsholder. No longer is hockey essentially shunned by America’s favorite sports outlet. > 3. JEFF ZUCKER AGE: 56 / TOP 100: 55 WARNERMEDIA NEWS & SPORTS CHAIRMAN A legend in TV thanks to work with NBC’s Today Show and CNN, Zucker brings his experience to the hockey world with TNT, one of the new U.S. rightsholders. Getting Gretzky was a coup. > 4. ANDREW WILSON AGE: 47 /…
Dallas Stars
NHL VALUATIONS $1B OWNERSHIP TOM GAGLARDI AFTER MAKING HIS money in the hospitality space, Dallas owner Tom Gaglardi bought the Dallas Stars out of bankruptcy in 2011 for $240 million. Over the years, he has also added the WHL’s Kamloops Blazers and the AHL’s Texas Stars to his burgeoning sports empire. Gaglardi is Dallas’ 100 percent owner through Northland Properties, which is also the source of his wealth. Gaglardi’s father, Bob, founded the Sandman hotel chain in Canada, and Northland owns, among other properties, Moxie’s restaurants and the Canadian license to all Denny’s franchises. Gaglardi was always keen to own an NHL franchise and had previously bid for his hometown Canucks. And when Dallas came up for bankruptcy auction, Gaglardi was the only bidder. He was then named the sixth owner in franchise history in…
Agents
> 1. PAT BRISSON AGE: 56 / TOP 100: 12 CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY PLAYER AGENT He’s the miracle worker: Picked up Jack Eichel as a client, got Eichel the surgery he wanted and a trade to a contender in Vegas. Brisson knows how to handle every situation. > 2. DON MEEHAN AGE: 70 / TOP 100: 14 NEWPORT SPORTS PRESIDENT AND PLAYER AGENT His empire employs top-end names such as Wade Arnott and Craig Oster while presiding over an enormous roster including P.K. Subban, Alex Pietrangelo and Steven Stamkos. > 3. JEFF JACKSON AGE: 56 / TOP 100: 66 WASSERMAN HOCKEY GROUP PLAYER AGENT Heading up the hockey department of an industry powerhouse, Jackson is a well-respected pro who has built a stable of talent led by Connor McDavid and Aaron Ekblad. > 4. DARREN FERRIS AGE: 59 / TOP 100: 67 QUARTEXX MANAGEMENT…
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