The Denver Broncos‘ ownership group has added racing royalty. Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has a stake with the Walton-Penner group, which purchased the team in June.
Hamilton, 37, has the Formula One record for most race wins and has won the Formula One title seven times. The ownership group, which purchased the team for $4.65 billion, is led by Walmart heir Rob Walton and includes former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who also has a stake.
In April, Hamilton joined with Serena Williams in a consortium led by former Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton in an attempt to buy Premier League club Chelsea.
“He is a champion competitor who knows what it takes to lead a winning team,” Walton said in a statement.
— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) August 2, 2022
The British racing great, who was knighted in 2020, joins an impressive list of athletes who also own parts of sports franchises.
Marshawn Lynch — Seattle Kraken
Lynch spent 13 seasons in Seattle with the Seahawks, but his new sports venture in the state of Washington is on the ice. On April 18, he joined the Seattle Kraken ownership team as a minority investor. The former NFL running back will be a part of the NHL’s “Hockey is for Everyone” campaign and Kraken owner Tod Leiweke said Lynch expressed interest in shadowing him to learn hockey CEO operations.
“This is something I never would have imagined,” Lynch said to CNBC in a statement. “I always dreamed of playing on a professional team but owning one is something special. As I look back on some of my accomplishments…I’m [going to] continue to count my blessings.”
Grammy Award-winning artist and Seattle native Macklemore also joined the Kraken ownership team with Lynch.
“We are now adding two hometown heroes who share our values and desires – to give back to this great city and continue to make hockey a sport for everyone.”
Learn more about the new #SeaKraken investors, Macklemore & Marshawn Lynch → https://t.co/BQFmY3PayO pic.twitter.com/vHZxddqSBO
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) April 18, 2022
Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash and Dustin Johnson — Las Vegas Desert Dogs
Wayne Gretzky is a big lacrosse guy? Yep, you read that right. The Great One may have made his name on the ice, but before Gretzky was the pride of the Edmonton Oilers he was a bona fide lax bro.
“The national sport of Canada is box lacrosse,” Gretzky said. “I started playing lacrosse on a team at the…
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