Bud Adams was an American billionaire businessman and the owner of the NFL team The Tennessee Titans. He had a net worth of $1.1 billion at the time of his death in 2013. Adams made his first fortune in the oil business and achieved even greater financial success with the rising value of the Tennessee Titans.
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Bud Adams was the owner of the NFL team, the Tennessee Titans.
He played a key role in forming the American Football League, which eventually became part of the National Football League.
Aside from football, Adams had business ventures in the petroleum industry and owned several Lincoln-Mercury automobile franchises.
Adams was married to Nancy Neville Adams for 62 years and they had two daughters and a son together.
He was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and served on the executive committee of the Cherokee National Historical Society.
