Denise York

Marie Denise DeBartolo York is an American billionaire businesswoman, who is the owner and co-chair of the San Francisco 49ers American football team. She is the daughter of late construction magnate Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. and the late Marie Patricia Montani DeBartolo.

• Denise York‘s family owns over 90% of the San Francisco 49ers, the fifth most valuable teams in the NFL.
• York’s father, Edward Debartolo Sr. (d. 1994) bought the team for $13 million in 1977. It is now worth $3.5 billion.
• York took control of the 49ers in 2001 from her brother, Edward Jr., who found himself in legal trouble after owning the team for 23 years.
• Denise and her husband John have four children, the oldest of whom, Jed, serves as the current CEO of the 49ers.
• Her husband John, a pathologist, founded DeYor Laboratories in Youngstown, Ohio before selling it to Corning.