How To Quietly Take Over Sports

Jan 15, 2026

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You don’t hear Josh Harris talk much.

And yet, if you map where real power is accumulating in sports, his fingerprints are everywhere.

Let’s break it down 👇

Josh Harris is a financial engineer by training:

Co-founded Apollo Global Management in 1990
Helped build it into a ~$600B AUM alternative-asset behemoth
Became a billionaire by buying boring, complex, cash-flowing assets and scaling them with leverage and structure

This matters because sports is no longer a passion asset.

It’s becoming a wedge across many different industries:

Josh Harris saw that shift early (at least his moves signal that he did).

Most people know Josh Harris through headline deals.

Philadelphia 76ers (acquired in 2011 for ~$280M, now valued ~$4.5B+)
New Jersey Devils (acquired in 2013 for ~$320M)
Washington Commanders (led 2023 acquisition at ~$6.05B, largest sports sale ever at the time)

Most billionaires are doing what I like to call “team collecting.”

But it looks like Josh Harris…

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