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The first owner was George Richards, who purchased the fledgling Portsmouth Spartans and moved the team to Detroit. Richards owned the powerful WJR radio station and bought the team in the...
Principal Owner & Chair. On June 23, 2020, Sheila Ford Hamp succeeded her mother, Martha Firestone Ford, as Principal Owner and Chair of the Detroit Lions. From 2014-19, Mrs. Hamp served as one of the team's vice chairs during her mother's ownership.
Sheila Ford Hamp (née Sheila Firestone Ford; born October 31, 1951) [1] is an American businesswoman and football executive. A descendant of both the Ford and Firestone families, she is the principal owner and chairwoman of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).
Bill Ford bought into the 144-member syndicate that owned the team in 1956, and partied with the team after the 1957 NFL championship. But he did not get officially involved with the Lions...
As of January 2024, Sheila Hamp, the owner of the Detroit Lions, is worth $1 billion. She is a great-granddaughter of Henry Ford, the well-known founder of the Ford Motor Company and a key...
Sheila Ford Hamp, previously known as Sheila Firestone Ford, holds ownership of the Detroit Lions and serves as its chairwoman. She is both a businesswoman and a sports franchise owner.
Ford, born on Oct. 31, 1951, currently serves as the owner of the Lions in addition to being an American businesswoman as a descendant of both the Ford and the Firestone families, who have made a...
On June 23, 2020, Hamp became the principal owner of the Lions, taking over for her mother, Martha Ford. The transfer of power from Ford to Hamp was the first time in the history of the NFL that the ownership power went from one woman to another.
Going back to the start of the franchise through to Hamp now, here's a look at who the Lions have had as owner over the course of their history, with the timeline they each ran the show.
The Lions issued a statement on 23 June 2020 to announce that Sheila Ford Hamp, who had served as one of the team’s vice chairs during her mother’s ownership, had succeeded her mother as...