Hess, Leon

Hess, Leon
▪ 2000

      American oil tycoon and owner of the National Football League's New York Jets; his oil production and exploration company, Amerada Hess Corp., was the foundation of a personal fortune estimated at $720 million in 1998; part owner of the Jets from 1963, he became sole owner of the team in 1984 (b. March 14, 1914, Asbury Park, N.J.—d. May 7, 1999, New York, N.Y.).

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