Kim Pegula Bio | Wiki
Kim Pegula is an American businesswoman. She is one of the principal owners of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League with her husband. By extension, Pegula is the president of several teams under Pegula Sports and Entertainment, including the Bills and Sabres.
She is also the president of Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the holding company that manages the Bills as well as the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League; the Buffalo Bandits, and Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League; and the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. Her company also manages the LECOM Harborcenter and Black River Entertainment, an independent record label based in Nashville.
Kim Pegula Age
Kim was born on June 7, 1969, in Seoul, South Korea. She is 53 years old.
Kim Pegula Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Kim Pegula Family
She was born in Seoul, South Korea. Pegula has no recollection of her birth name, no record of her biological parents nor any account of her life in South Korea. She was abandoned in the streets of Seoul at the age of five, and a DNA test showed that one of her parents was likely Japanese.
Pegula was brought to the United States and was adopted by Ralph and Marilyn Kerr on December 30, 1974. She grew up with her adopted family in Fairport, New York, a suburb of Rochester. She has two siblings Ralph Kerr Jr. and Gordon Kerr.
Kim Pegula Husband
While interviewing for a waitressing gig in Belfast, New York, Pegula met Terry Pegula who was dining at the restaurant. In 1991, Terry offered her a job at his natural gas company and they eventually entered a relationship; they married in 1993.
Kim Pegula Daughter | Children
The couple shares three children, Kelly, Matthew, and Jessica, who is a professional tennis player. Pegula has two stepchildren, Michael and Laura, from Terry’s previous marriage. The Pegulas have homes in East Aurora, New York, and Boca Raton, Florida.
Kim Pegula Education
She followed her brothers’ footsteps and enrolled at Houghton College. Pegula and a roommate made plans to venture to Alaska to work near a fishing camp upon hearing there was money to be made. Unable to afford the fare, she applied for work at a restaurant in Belfast, New York.
Kim Pegula Buffalo Bills
After the death of longtime Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson, the football team was put up for sale. The Pegulas competed with real-estate mogul Donald Trump and also a consortium of rock singer Jon Bon Jovi and key people in Toronto-based Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for the team. The Pegulas won with an NFL record $1.4 billion all-cash bid.
Following the acquisition, Pegula and Terry reorganized their sports franchises, along with record label Black River Entertainment into a new company, Pegula Sports and Entertainment. She helped coin the term “One Buffalo” and is also involved with the NFL Foundation.
Kim Pegula Health | Illness
In June 2022, Pegula was hospitalized in an intensive care unit in Boca Raton for reasons the family would not disclose. Her daughter Jessica later stated that her mother’s condition had improved by the time of Jessica’s appearance at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and was rehabilitating.
Kim Pegula Nationality
Pegula holds an American nationality. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, and brought to the United States. She was adopted by Ralph and Marilyn Kerr on December 30, 1974, and grew up with her adopted family in Fairport, New York, a suburb of Rochester.
Kim Pegula Sabres
She was involved in her husband’s company, East Resources, from 1991 to its sale in 2010. Shortly afterward the Pegulas purchased the Buffalo Sabres and its two affiliated teams, the Buffalo Bandits of the NLL and the Rochester Americans of the AHL. Pegula influenced the planning and construction of LECOM Harborcenter, a mixed-use development next to the Sabres’ arena and part of the revitalization of downtown Buffalo.
Kim Pegula Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Pegulas’s estimated net worth is $100 million. According to Bloomberg, her husband had a net worth of over $7 billion as of July 2021.
How Is Kim Pegula Doing
After being placed in an ICU in Florida in the wake of suffering an “unexpected health issue,” and undergoing treatments for the said issue since June 14, the Pegulas released a statement saying that she is doing well.