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Atlanta Falcons Owner: Arthur Blank Age: 68 Bought team: 2002 Stadium: Georgia Dome (completed in 1992) TV market size: 2.407 million viewers (ranked eighth) 2010 Forbes value: $831M (ranked 26th)	Carolina Panthers Owner: Jerry Richardson Age: 74 Bought team: 1993 Stadium: Bank of America Stadium (opened in 1996) TV market size: 1.166 million viewers (ranked 23rd) 2010 Forbes value: $1.037B (ranked 12th)	New Orleans Saints Owner: Tom Benson Age: (born in 1927) Bought team: 1985 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Superdome (opened in 1975) TV market size: 635,860 viewers (ranked 52nd) 2010 Forbes value: $955M (ranked 21st)	Tampa Bay Buccaneers Owner: Malcolm Glazer Age: 82 Bought team: 1995 Stadium: Raymond James (opened in 1998) TV market size: 1.795 million viewers (ranked 14th) 2010 Forbes value: $1.032B (ranked 13th)
The always well-coiffed Blank built his fortune as the co-founder of the Home Depot. Headquartered in Atlanta, it became the world's leading home improvement retailer, and Blank resigned his post as co-chairman when he acquired the Falcons. In addition to his work with the Falcons, Blank oversees the philanthropic efforts at his foundation, and he doesn't shy away from the spotlight. He can be seen on the Falcons' sideline at the end of games and was on the receiving end of a Gatorade shower from players after the Falcons clinched a division title last season.	The first and only owner in franchise history, Richardson, a North Carolina native, is also the only former NFL player who owns a team. He played receiver for the Baltimore Colts, making 15 catches, including a touchdown catch in the fourth quarter of the 1959 NFL championship game, in two seasons. Richardson began a successful career as a restaurateur in the early 1960s, which put him in position to buy the Panthers when Carolina was awarded an NFL franchise. His sons, Mark and Jon, who were expected to inherit the team from Jerry, abruptly left their positions with the Panthers before the 2009 season.	Benson built his wealth as an auto dealer and in the banking industry before he bought the Saints, and he continues to own car dealerships in the New Orleans area and San Antonio, Texas. His popularity with Saints fans suffered when he was said to be considering moving the Saints to San Antonio after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but his reputation has received a boost in recent years because of the team's success, which included its first-ever Super Bowl championship at the end of the '09 season. Benson's granddaughter, Rita Benson LeBlanc, is the heir apparent in the organization. She serves as the franchise's executive vice president and oversees business and administrative operations.	A Palm Beach, Fla., resident and self-made billionaire, Glazer leads a family-run operation. His sons, Bryan and Joel, are co-chairmen of the Bucs, and they manage the family's assets. Malcolm Glazer worked in his father's watch-parts business when he was eight and he took over the business when his father died seven years later. Glazer built his empire in the real-estate business. He also owns English soccer team Manchester United, although recent reports suggest the Glazers are close to selling "Man U" for nearly double the amount they paid for it in 2005
Chicago Bears Owner: Virginia McCaskey Age: 88 Bought team: Inherited team in 1983 Stadium: Soldier Field (opened in 1924,renovated '03) TV market size: 3.502 million viewers (ranked third) 2010 Forbes value: $1.067B (ranked ninth)	Detroit Lions Owner: William Clay Ford Age: 85 Bought team: 1963 Stadium: Ford Field (opened in 2002) TV market size: 1.883 million viewers (ranked 11th) 2010 Forbes value: $817M (ranked 27th)	Green Bay Packers Owner: Publicly owned, non-profit organization (112,158 individual shareholders); president and CEO Mark Murphy has been with team since 2008 Age: Murphy, 55 Bought team: Team has been publicly owned since foundation in 1923 Stadium: Lambeau Field (opened in 1957; facelift in '03) TV market size: 445,510 viewers (ranked 71st; doesn't include Milwaukee) 2010 Forbes value: $1.018B (ranked 14th)	Minnesota Vikings Owner: Zygmunt "Zygi" Wilf Age: 60 Bought team: 2005 Stadium: Mall of America Field at the H.H.H. Metrodome (opened in 1982) TV market size: 1.753 million viewers (ranked 15th) 2010 Forbes value: $774M (ranked 30th)
McCaskey, who had 11 children of her own with her late husband, Ed, is the eldest child of George Halas, one of the NFL's founding fathers. She inherited the team upon Halas' death in 1983. McCaskey has entrusted her sons, Ed and George, and team president/CEO Ted Phillips to represent the Bears in league matters, but she still is a member of the club's board of directors, and her voice is said to be the prevailing one on major decisions.	The only living grandson of inventor and automobile pioneer Henry Ford, William Clay Ford has been as connected to Detroit's auto industry as he has to Lions football. Ford served on the board of directors for the Ford Motor Co. from 1948 to 2005 and has been the primary owner of the Lions since 1963, when he bought the team outright for $4.5 million. William Clay Ford Jr., Ford's son, has been the team's vice chairman since 1995, but president Tom Lewand oversees the club's day-to-day operations and reports to Ford on all business, organizational and NFL matters.	Murphy just finished his third year as the Packers' 10th president and chief executive officer. A former NFL player who spent eight years with the Redskins (1977-84), Murphy has been a member of the NFL management council executive committee — which serves as the bargaining team during negotiations with the NFL Players Association for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement — since 2008. Murphy has an extensive background on the other side of the negotiating table. He was the Redskins' player rep to the NFLPA from 1980-84 and was the vice president of the players' union in 1983-84. After his playing career ended, Murphy served as the assistant executive director of the NFLPA from 1985-88 and was a member of the bargaining team during the 1987 players' strike. Prior to joining the Packers, Murphy served a combined 16 years as the athletic director at Northwestern University (2003-07) and Colgate University (1992-2003).	An investment group led by brothers Zygi and Mark Wilf, who emigrated from Germany with their parents in the early 1950s, took over as new owners of the Vikings in 2005. The Wilfs, owners of a real-estate development company in New Jersey, took ownership from former owner Red McCombs, who had owned the club since 1998, for a reported $600 million. Zygi Wilf, who is based in New York but is a frequent visitor to Minnesota, is considered the owner and chairman of the Vikings, but Mark Wilf, who serves as team president, manages day-to-day operations and directs all business departments of the Vikings.