Charles B. Jordan vs. John C. Malone: Which MLB Team Owner Is the Bigger Ace

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America’s pastime has long been led by tycoons (chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. presided over the Chicago Cubs just under a century ago), moguls (CNN founder Ted Turner owned the Atlanta Braves) and strange characters (kooky Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck aptly titled his autobiography Veeck as in Wreck). As Major League Baseball gets into full swing this month, we check in on a couple of the wealthiest modern-day owners—the San Francisco Giants’ Charles B. Johnson and the Braves’ John C. Malone—to see who is MLB’s ace.

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NET WORTH $4.7 billion	NET WORTH $7.4 billion
AGE 87	AGE 79
PURCHASED THE TEAM IN 1992	PURCHASED THE TEAM IN 2007
HOME TURF Oracle Park. Its name has changed so often that many fans refer to as “Some Big Corporation Park.” Oracle Park	HOME TURF The contentious Truist Park, which cost taxpayers almost $400 million to build. Truist Park
WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE BUYING THE CLUB 52	WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE BUYING THE CLUB 51
MASCOT Lou Seal Lou Seal mascot	MASCOT Blooper Blooper mascot
TEAM’S INCREASE IN VALUE SINCE PURCHASE 2,900%	TEAM’S INCREASE IN VALUE SINCE PURCHASE 325%
BEST PLAYER BACKING NOW Mike Yastrzemski Mike Yastrzemski	BEST PLAYER BACKING NOW Ronald Acuna Jr. Ronald Acuna Jr.
HOME SWEET HOME Johnson has a $42 million spec mansion on Billionaire’s Row in Palm Beach.	HOME SWEET HOME Malone has a $38 million home on Jupiter Island. It was formerly owned by Playmobil toymaker Horst Brandstätter.
GOT HIS DEGREE AT Yale, where he played football.	GOT HIS DEGREE AT Yale first, then a master’s and Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins.
GOT HIS DEGREE AT Yale, where he played football.	GOT HIS DEGREE AT Yale first, then a master’s and Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins.

 

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