Forbes released its list of billionaires, and of course, several NBA owners were included:
| Franchise | Owner | Net worth (billion) |
| Los Angeles Clippers | Steve Ballmer | 21.5 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | Paul Allen | 17.5 |
| Brooklyn Nets | Mikhail Prokhorov | 9.9 |
| Miami Heat | Micky Arison | 7.1 |
| Denver Nuggets | Stan Kroenke | 6.3 |
| Orlando Magic | Richard DeVos | 5.7 |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | Dan Gilbert | 4.7 |
| Detroit Pistons | Tom Gores | 3.2 |
| Dallas Mavericks | Mark Cuban | 3 |
| Indiana Pacers | Herbert Simon | 2.9 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | Joshua Harris | 2.7 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | Glen Taylor | 2.4 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | Tom Benson | 1.9 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | Marc Lasry* | 1.9 |
| Memphis Grizzlies | Robert J. Pera | 1.8 |
| Houston Rockets | Leslie Alexander | 1.6 |
| Chicago Bulls | Jerry Reinsdorf | 1.3 |
| Charlotte Hornets | Michael Jordan | 1 |
*Update: For the most part, I counted only a team’s primary owner (Governor). For the Bucks, that’s actually Wes Edens, who didn’t make the Forbes list. His co-owner, Lasry, did, though.
Knicks owner James Dolan didn’t make the cut, but his father, Charles Dolan, is worth $4.3 billion.
The other primary owners who didn’t crack the list:
- Bruce Levenson (Atlanta Hawks)
- Wyc Grousbeck (Boston Celtics)
- Joe Lacob (Golden State Warriors),Jeanie Buss (Los Angeles Lakers)
- Clayton Bennett (Oklahoma City Thunder)
- Robert Sarver (Phoenix Suns)
- Vivek Ranadivé (Sacramento Kings)
- Peter Holt (San Antonio Spurs)
- Larry Tanenbaum (Toronto Raptors)Greg Miller (Utah Jazz)
- Ted Leonsis (Washington Wizards)