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We have all heard or think that Terry Pegula, Tom Gollisano Jeremy Jacobs or some other person will step in and buy the team but there might be darkhorse in the deck of cards to buy the Bills...
Robert Rich Jr. is a billionaire with deep personal and professional ties to the Buffalo area, where the food company founded by his father brought in more than $3 billion in 2011, according to reports.
That puts the 73-year-old on the short-list of regionally-connected people who could help keep the Bills in Buffalo now that Wilson has died.
Rich, who lives in Islamorada, Fla., declined to comment through a spokeswoman for this story.
Rich Products Corp. was founded by Robert Rich Sr. in 1945, and is now Buffalo’s largest, privately-held company. The Bills stadium for years bore the name Rich Stadium, now Ralph Wilson stadium, though Rich Jr. wrote in a 2011 book, “The Right Angle,” about the strained relationship between his father and Wilson concerning the naming rights.
Rich also spent nine years trying to bring a Major League Baseball team to Buffalo, at one point nearly purchasing the San Francisco Giants. He owns the Buffalo Bisons, a Triple A baseball team that plays downtown at city-owned Coca-Cola, and two other minor league teams.
Forbes estimated Rich’s personal net worth at $2.4 billion in September in 2012, up from $2.1 billion the year before and making him the 190th richest man in America.
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/n....html?page=all
Robert Rich Jr. is a billionaire with deep personal and professional ties to the Buffalo area, where the food company founded by his father brought in more than $3 billion in 2011, according to reports.
That puts the 73-year-old on the short-list of regionally-connected people who could help keep the Bills in Buffalo now that Wilson has died.
Rich, who lives in Islamorada, Fla., declined to comment through a spokeswoman for this story.
Rich Products Corp. was founded by Robert Rich Sr. in 1945, and is now Buffalo’s largest, privately-held company. The Bills stadium for years bore the name Rich Stadium, now Ralph Wilson stadium, though Rich Jr. wrote in a 2011 book, “The Right Angle,” about the strained relationship between his father and Wilson concerning the naming rights.
Rich also spent nine years trying to bring a Major League Baseball team to Buffalo, at one point nearly purchasing the San Francisco Giants. He owns the Buffalo Bisons, a Triple A baseball team that plays downtown at city-owned Coca-Cola, and two other minor league teams.
Forbes estimated Rich’s personal net worth at $2.4 billion in September in 2012, up from $2.1 billion the year before and making him the 190th richest man in America.
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/n....html?page=all
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