The Carolina Panthers are owned and controlled by billionaire hedge fund manager David Tepper, who purchased the franchise in 2018 from founding owner Jerry Richardson.

Current owner

  • David Tepper is the principal owner of the Carolina Panthers through the franchise entity Panther Football, LLC.
  • He bought the team in 2018 for about 2.28–2.3 billion dollars, a then-record price for an NFL franchise.

Ownership details

  • The NFL’s other team owners unanimously approved Tepper’s purchase of the Panthers in May 2018, and the sale officially closed that summer.
  • Forbes’ NFL valuations list continues to list David Tepper as the team’s owner, with the Panthers valued at several billion dollars as of the mid‑2020s.

Brief history

  • Jerry Richardson, a former NFL player and businessman, founded the Panthers and owned them from the team’s inception in the early 1990s until the 2018 sale.
  • Tepper was previously a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers before divesting that stake to comply with NFL ownership rules when acquiring Carolina.

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