Glen Taylor

Glen Allen Taylor (born April 20, 1941) is an American billionaire business magnate and politician from Minnesota. Taylor made his fortune from being the founder and owner of Minnesota-based Taylor Corporation, one of the largest graphic communication companies in the United States. Taylor has been the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association since 1994. He is also the owner of the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association and the part owner of the Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer. In addition to his sports team ownership, Taylor has been the owner of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis's newspaper and the largest newspaper in Minnesota, since 2014. A former member of the Minnesota Senate from the Republican Party, Taylor served in the state senate from 1981 until 1990. He strongly considered running for the Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election, but ultimately chose not to run due to problems in his marriage to Glenda Taylor. Ranked as the richest person in Minnesota, Taylor is listed on the Forbes 400 and his company ranks on the Forbes list of America's Largest Private Companies. In 2020, his net worth was reported by Forbes to be $2.5 billion.