Controlling Owner
and Chair, Los Angeles Dodgers

Walter has a net worth of $5.3 billion, according to Forbes, based on his leadership of investment firm Guggenheim Partners. His ownership of the Dodgers goes back to its then-record $2.15 billion purchase in 2012; the franchise is now almost doubled to the $4 billion range. Walter has also become involved as co-owner of the Premier League club Chelsea F.C. and, with Todd Boehly, acquired a 27 percent share of the NBA’s Lakers. Walter, also head of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, recently purchased the White Oak Conservation, a 17,000-acre animal refuge in Florida, as well as wildlife preserves in Africa.

YEARS ON THE LA500: 8