With a net worth of $1.3 billion dollars, Zygi Wilf is a real estate developer, businesswoman, and NFL owner.
Zygmunt Wilf was born in Germany in 1950, and his parents survived the Holocaust and moved to the United States shortly after his birth.
His father and uncle swiftly established their own real estate enterprise.
Wilf completed his studies in economics at Farleigh Dickinson University and obtained his J.D. degree.
A graduate of New York Law School.
He started his career as a lawyer before transitioning to the family real estate business.
Wilf has grown the family business from four commercial centers to over 100 after joining Garden Commercial Properties, which owns more than 90,000 apartments in the United States.
He, along with five others, acquired the Minnesota Vikings in 2005 for an estimated $600 million.
Owners soon started lobbying local government for a new stadium, which was narrowly approved in 2012.
In 2013, Wilf and several of his relatives were found guilty of violating civil New Jersey racketeering laws to defraud other business partners.
Wilf’s conduct was compared to that of a member of organized crime, according to the judge.
Among the organizations he serves on the board is the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where Wilf is a board member.
He and his wife, Audrey, are parents to four children.