Craig Leipold

THE MINNESOTA WILD OWNER TALKS ABOUT THE EXPLOSION IN VALUE THAT HIS – AND OTHER – NHL TEAMS HAVE SEEN LATELY, TEAMING WITH PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS AND MEASURING SUCCESS

WITH W. GRAEME ROUSTAN

AGE: 71 / TOP 100: 6 MINNESOTA WILD OWNER W. GRAEME ROUSTAN: I know you know the number. I’m not asking you to reveal the number, but how do you feel about the valuations of NHL franchises in today’s world? CRAIG LEIPOLD: (laughs) Well, that’s a good question. We talk about valuations a lot when we are in our NHL meetings. They are very important to all of us. Every time a team is sold, it always goes up in value. I can assure you the next team will be sold for over $1 billion. They just keep going up and up. What it speaks to is two things. First of all, the value of sports franchises are so incredible right now because of the TV programming. This is live sports. It’s happening…

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