List_of_Pittsburgh_Penguins_owners Knowpia

This is a list of Pittsburgh Penguins owners. There have been 11 ownership groups for the Penguins franchise since the team's founding in 1967. The Penguins' Mario Lemieux was a Penguins majority owner before his group sold ownership of the team to Fenway Sports Group in December of 2021. He has maintained a minority ownership. Lemieux Group LP, who purchased the Penguins in 1999 and brought the club out of bankruptcy, also worked out a deal with the city of Pittsburgh in 2007 for a new multi-purpose arena, ensuring that the franchise remains in Pittsburgh.^[1]

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1	Jack McGregor & Peter Block	June 1965 - March 1968
2	Donald Parsons	March 1968 - April 1971
3	Peter Block, Thayer Potter, Elmore Keener, & Peter Burchfield	April 1971 - June 1975
4	National Hockey League	June 1975 - July 1975
5	Al Savill, Otto Frenzel, & Wren Blair	July 1975 - Feb. 1976
6	Al Savill & Otto Frenzel	February 1976 - February 1977
7	Edward J. DeBartolo Sr.	February 1977 - November 1991
8	Howard Baldwin, Morris Belzberg, & Thomas Ruta	November 1991 - May 1997
9	Howard Baldwin, Moris Belzberg, Thomas Ruta, & Roger Marino	May 1997 - September 1999
10	Mario Lemieux & Ronald Burkle (Lemieux Group LP)	September 1999 - September 2011
11	Mario Lemieux & Ronald Burkle (Lemieux Group LP) & John Surma [1]	September 2011 - December 2016
12	Lemieux Group LP, John Surma and Debra Cafaro^[2]	December 2016 - December 2021
13	Fenway Sports Group, Mario Lemieux, Ron Burkle^[3]	December 2021 – Present

References edit

^ Pittsburgh Penguins Owners 1965 to Present
^ Chicago CEO Buys Stake in Penguins
^ "Penguins sold to Fenway Sports Group, Lemieux to retain stake in team".

[1] Pittsburgh Penguins Owners 1965 to Present

[2] Chicago CEO Buys Stake in Penguins

[3] "Penguins sold to Fenway Sports Group, Lemieux to retain stake in team".

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