Walmart heir Rob Walton pays record $4.65bn for NFL’s Denver Broncos
by Agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#604F1)
- Walmart heir Rob Walton agrees to buy Broncos in record deal
- Reported $4.65bn price is worldwide record for any sports club
The Waltons, heirs to the Walmart fortune and America's richest family, have won the bidding to purchase the Denver Broncos in the most expensive deal for a sports franchise anywhere in the world.
The Broncos announced late Tuesday night they had entered into a sale agreement with the Walton-Penner ownership group led by Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and her husband, Greg Penner.
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