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Cohen Battles Pizza Magnate for Title of Richest Baseball Owner

Steve Cohen, Tigers’ Ilitch each have $10.1 billion fortunes
Marian Ilitch has seen her wealth soar during Covid pandemic

Steve Cohen — Steve Cohen
Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

By

Brandon Kochkodin

September 15, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

Steve Cohen has finally snagged the New York Mets for a reported $2.42 billion.

The culmination of his long courtship to secure the franchise has Mets fans rejoicing and looking forward to having an ownership group that’s willing to spend big to bring a World Series back to Queens for the first time since 1986.