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Ken Kendrick

United States 82 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Banking, sports team
Industry
Sports
Residence
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Biography

Ken Kendrick is the managing general partner and largest shareholder of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.

Kendrick was a member of the group that brought the MLB expansion team to Arizona in 1995.

He built a fortune in software and banking, founding Datatel (later renamed Ellucian) and investing in Woodforest National Bank.

In 2021, Kendrick joined a group of investors, including Larry Fitzgerald, Kevin Durant and Andy Roddick, that purchased memorabilia authenticator Collectors for $850 million.

About

Kendrick owns one of the world's most valuable baseball card collections, estimated to be worth nine figures; it includes a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card.

Kendrick is a prostate cancer survivor and endowed a research position in the space at the Cleveland Clinic.