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American businessman and sports team owner (born 1947)
Enos Stanley Kroenke is an American billionaire real estate magnate and sports team owner. He is the owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which is the holding company of Arsenal of the Premier League and Arsenal Women of the Women's Super League, the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, the Colorado Rapids of MLS, and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League.
Kroenke grew up in Mora, Missouri, an unincorporated community with a population of about two dozen, where his father owned Mora Lumber Company. His first job was sweeping the floor at his father's lumber yard. At Cole Camp (Missouri) High School, he played baseball, basketball and ran track.
On a ski trip to Aspen, Colorado, Kroenke met his wife, Ann Walton, daughter of Bud Walton, who co-founded Walmart with his brother Sam. As an heiress to the Walmart fortune, Ann is worth $9.1 billion as of 2023. They married in 1974. Kroenke is of German descent and was raised Lutheran. He is popularly known as "Silent Stan" because he rarely gives interviews. During the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Kroenke donated $100,000 to the Hillary Victory Fund. He subsequently donated $1 million to Donald Trump's inaugural committee.
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