Mike Ozanian

Forbes Staff|SportsMoney

My mentors were James Walker Michaels, Geoffrey N. Smith and William Baldwin. I started out in the statistics department of Forbes in the mid-'80s then transitioned to writing. I mainly wrote about high-priced stocks that I believed were doomed. Example: my story on CUC

SOCIAL
article image
PREMIUM5,640 viewsJun 20, 2024

Inside The Koch Family’s $5.8 Billion Valuation For 15% Of Brooklyn Nets’ BSE Global

The investment by Julia Koch and her family into BSE Global will significantly deleverage the holding company of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty.

article image
PREMIUM3,555 viewsJun 4, 2024

The World’s Most Valuable Sports Team Brands

The Dallas Cowboys were a dying brand when Jerry Jones paid $150 milion for the NFL team and the operating rights to its stadium in 1989.

article image
67,725 viewsMay 23, 2024

The World’s Most Valuable Soccer Teams 2024

The average team is now worth $2.3 billion, a 5.1% increase from a year ago—despite headwinds in TV rights across Europe.

article image
PREMIUM8,240 viewsMay 21, 2024

World’s Most Profitable Sports Teams 2024

From 2020 through 2022 the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots earned more money combined than all 30 Major League Baseball teams in aggregate over the past three seasons.

article image
57,678 viewsApr 18, 2024

The Most Valuable Combat Sports Promotions 2024

How do UFC, WWE, Top Rank and other brands match up in the battle royale for financial supremacy? Start the count.