Richest owners of MLB teams in the U.S. in 2020

Major League Baseball is a North American sports organization consisting of two leagues with a total of 30 teams: the National League and the American League with 15 teams each. The owning of an MLB team, as with any sports team, has come to be a status symbol among the mega rich. In 2020, Ted Lerner, owner of the Washington Nationals, had a net worth of 4.8 billion U.S. dollars, making him the richest MLB team owner in the United States. Lerner, who made his money in real estate, ceded the role of managing principal owner of the Nationals to his son, Mark D. Lerner, in 2018.