Jerry Jones

Jerral Wayne “Jerry” Jones is an American billionaire businessman and has been the owner of the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys since 1989.

  • The former co-captain of University of Arkansas 1964 national championship team, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has long had football in his blood.
  • His most valuable holding is the Dallas Cowboys, which he bought for $150 million in 1989. The team is currently valued at $5.5 billion.
  • Jones made a name for himself as an oil wildcatter, making his first million in oil investments in the 1970s.
  • Jones still invests in drilling opportunities as well as retail and residential real estate projects in Dallas.
  • After a 2018 deal, Jones became the controlling shareholder in Comstock Resources, a publicly traded Texas oil and gas company.
  • An avid art collector, Jones’ collections includes Norman Rockwell’s “Coin Toss” as well as paintings by Picasso, Renoir and Matisse among others.

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