Ken Kendrick
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.