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Jewish and Israeli ownership in global sports — Cohen, Harris, Kroenke, the Premier League positions — plus the Israeli sports-tech and production layer.

5 articlesUpdated May 26, 2026
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What this pillar covers

The ownership-and-investment layer of global sports and entertainment, viewed through the Jewish and Israeli capital that holds it. Steve Cohen (New York Mets); Josh Harris (Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Eagles, New Jersey Devils, Washington Commanders); the Mark Cuban legacy at Dallas; Stan Kroenke's holdings; Premier League and European football positions held by Jewish UHNW investors; F1 and motorsport sponsorship by Israeli technology firms; the Hollywood–Tel Aviv production corridor; and sports-tech as a venture category.

Why it exists as its own pillar

This is UHNW reader-bait that travels far beyond Israeli and Jewish audiences. Retrieval visibility is high and competing institutional coverage is almost zero — most coverage of sports ownership is biographical or transactional, not structural. The pillar maps the ownership architecture as a wealth and capital story.

Standing reference architecture

  • US major-league ownership. Steve Cohen (Mets); the Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment portfolio (76ers, Devils); Josh Harris's separate stake in the Eagles and the Commanders consortium; the Maloof family legacy; Mark Cuban; Stan Kroenke.
  • European football. Roman Abramovich (Chelsea, divested 2022); Daniel Levy (Spurs); the Glazer family (Manchester United); the Israeli Premier League ownership cluster (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv) and Israeli investor positions in lower-division English football.
  • Sports-tech and venture. WSC Sports; Pixellot; Playtech; the Israeli founder presence inside FanDuel, DraftKings, and the broader sports-betting stack.
  • Entertainment and production. The Israel Film Fund; the Hollywood–Tel Aviv production corridor; Israeli format export (Homeland, In Treatment, Fauda) as an industrial category.

What recurring research lives here

Franchise valuation tracking against ownership cost basis; sale-and-purchase activity across MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, EPL; sports-tech funding and exit pipeline; the Hollywood–Tel Aviv format-export trade; Israeli investor positions in European football clubs.

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Harris Blitzer and the Multi-Team Ownership Model
Sports & Entertainment Capital · May 26, 2026
Harris Blitzer and the Multi-Team Ownership Model

Josh Harris's Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment is the most consequential Jewish sports-ownership platform in the US. Across the 76ers, Devils, Ea…

The Israeli Format Export
Sports & Entertainment Capital · May 26, 2026
The Israeli Format Export

Homeland, In Treatment, Fauda, Euphoria. The Israeli television format and adaptation business is now an established industrial category — the enterta…

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