What–No Bill Wirtz?
An incomplete, almost entirely speculative list of people identified by various sources as possible purchasers of the Chicago National League Ball Club:
Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks Owner
Donald Levin, Chicago Wolves Owner
Jerry Colangelo, Phoenix Suns Chairman
Pat Ryan, Founder and Executive Chairman of Aon Corporation
Bill Murray, Actor
George Will, Journalist
Tom Begel, Chicago businessman
William Marovitz, former Illinois state senator
Larry Levy, restaurateur
Bruce Rauner, Chicago private-equity investor
Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Marc Ganis, a Chicago-based sports industry consultant as saying, “(The price for the Cubs) will go north of $800 million, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it went for more than $1 billion.”
Crain’s continues, “Mr. Ganis predicts the eventual buyer will be a private-equity firm that will stay under the radar until a deal is announced. He says he’s fielded inquiries from two such firms.”
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