Jerry Jones took a gamble buying the Dallas Cowboys when the team was hemorrhaging money, but his bet paid off: the NFL team is now the biggest money maker in the league. So, how much is Jones worth?

Jones, 82, purchased the Cowboys in 1989 for $150 million and, as of September, the team is valued at roughly $10 billion.

“I had danced with the devil to buy the Cowboys, and it was scary,” Jones told Forbes in November 2022, revealing he tapped into his oil fortune to make the move. “When I [got the loan], I celebrated because I had all the money back home.”

The Cowboys a.k.a. America’s Team earnings made Jones into a billionaire in 2004, making the record-breaking amount of $1.2 billion in 2023, per the outlet. (The team being worth $10 million in 2025 makes it the only sports franchise

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