Tepper vs Kroenke

Appaloosa Management and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.

The differences

Forbes puts David Tepper about $0.9B ahead of Stan Kroenke.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Stan Kroenke is about 10 years older than David Tepper.
David Tepper has held a public or government advisory role; Stan Kroenke has none on record.

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Tepper

Kroenke

Net worth, Forbes: $28.5BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $27.6BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $28BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026; $29.1BBloomberg, date not stated
Forbes rank: No. 80Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 85Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; 2006Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: No. 153 on the 2006 Forbes 400 with $2.1 billion; an earlier listing isn't ruled out

How it started: Founded itLeft Goldman Sachs, where he headed the junk-bond desk, to found Appaloosa Management in 1993; Founded itFounded The Kroenke Group (real estate) and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment in 1999; Forbes says he built his own fortune and tracks his wife Ann Walton Kroenke's separately
Main source: His own capital in Appaloosa's hedge funds and the Carolina PanthersBloomberg: Appaloosa hedge funds $10.8 billion, Carolina Panthers $8.07 billion, cash $9.18 billion; Commercial real estate and sports teams and venuesForbes: some 60 million square feet of real estate, much of it shopping plazas near Walmart stores
Companies: Appaloosa Management, Carolina PanthersAppaloosa Management: President and founder; Carolina Panthers: Owner and chairman; Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, Los Angeles Rams, ArsenalKroenke Sports & Entertainment: Founder, owner and chairman; Los Angeles Rams: Owner; Arsenal: Director
Biggest stake: Carolina Panthers100% owned; Los Angeles Rams100% owned

Born: 1957East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; 29 Jul 1947
Country: United StatesLives in Palm Beach, Florida, United States; United StatesLives in Electra, Texas, United States
Education: Graduate degreeEconomics degree, University of Pittsburgh (1978); master's in industrial administration, Carnegie Mellon University (1982); Graduate degreeMBA, University of Missouri (1973); bachelor's degree, University of Missouri
Parents: Son of Harry Tepper, an accountant, and Roberta Tepper, a schoolteacher; Father Alvin bought a lumberyard with a small loan and expanded it into a hardware store in Mora, Missouri; mother Evelyn was a former schoolteacher

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: The Tepper FoundationFounded in 1996 as the David A. Tepper Charitable Foundation; led by his daughter Randi; Kroenke Family FoundationHe also created Kroenke Sports Charities through KSE
Lifetime giving: Not stated; Not stated

Role now: Runs the companyPresident of Appaloosa Management; owner and chairman of the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC; Chair of the boardOwner and chairman of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment and chairman of The Kroenke Group
Successor: Not stated; Not stated
Public office: Member, Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets, Federal Reserve Bank of New York2014; None found
Legal record: None found; None found