Malcolm Glazer was a man of many interests. From stores and malls to trailer park homes, no matter what he ventured into, it seemed to be successful.
The Glazer family name has been tied to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since Malcolm Glazer purchased the team for a then-record $192 million in 1995. It only took two years after this purchase for the Buccaneers to return to relevance, breaking a 16-year playoff drought.
How Much Money Has the Glazer Family Made in Their Careers?
The Glazer’s collective net worth is $10 billion. This includes assets stemming from the Buccaneers to real estate.
As soon as he bought the team, Malcolm Glazer set his sights on turning the franchise into a Super Bowl-winning one. Before the 2002 season, he went out on a limb by acquiring Jon Gruden from the Oakland Raiders. This required two first- and second-round picks as well as $8 million in cash, but it was well worth it.
Less than a year later, he gave the fans in Tampa Bay their first taste of a championship in any major American sport.
Malcolm went on to serve as president and owner from 1995-2013, and the Bucs found six more playoff seasons and even appeared in another conference title game. Once Glazer’s health took a turn for the worse, his sons Joel and Avram took over the day-to-day for the franchise. When Glazer passed away as a result of two strokes, the team was split evenly among his six kids.
American football wasn’t the only form of ownership Malcolm Glazer delved into. He went on to buy the Manchester United soccer team of the Premier League and developed First Allied Corporation on top of his real estate assets.
Who’s Calling the Shots Within the Glazer Family Today?
Joel Glazer is part of the family and also controls First Allied Corporation as well as the HRG Group. Joel serves as co-chairman of the HRG Group, along with his brother, Avram. The HRG Group handles a variety of products and the English soccer team, while the boys’ siblings, Kevin, Bryan, Darcie, and Edward, serve as directors.
Edward co-chairs the Bucs franchise with Joel and Bryan. He was big on the team’s signing of Tom Brady in the 2020 offseason and played a role in improving the fan experience being offered to their season ticket holders.
Darcie Glazer Kassewitz spearheaded Tampa Bay’s commitment to continue to be progressive while also owning the franchises with her five siblings. She’s responsible for continuing initiatives to include women across the sport, as well as social justice — both in Tampa Bay and across the country.
As Joel and Avram are co-chairmen of the family’s soccer club, they were involved in the club’s relatively recent sale at the very end of 2023, when the family sold a quarter of Manchester United. The deal was worth a shade over $1.5 billion.
The family as a whole has come extremely far from when their father first bought the Buccaneers in 1995. As long as they continue to work as one, there’s no saying where the Glazers will go from here.