Ownership | Sporting Kansas City (2024)

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What companies does Cliff Illig own? ›

Illig continues to own and manage, with his family, an array of business interests including real estate ventures and the Major League Soccer team, Sporting KC. He is founder and principal owner of FanThreeSixty, which helps organizations translate their fan data into creating new fan experiences and revenue growth.

Sporting Club, a Kansas City based and operated company, was founded by five local entrepreneurs. Sporting Club includes the following leaders in the Kansas City business community: the Patterson Family, the Illig Family, Greg Maday, Pat Curran, Robb Heineman and Patrick Mahomes.

Cliff is an active angel investor and serves as an advisor to several Kansas City-area entrepreneurial startup companies. He and Patterson also garnered an array of entrepreneurial and business awards and recognitions. Cliff is a 1972 Distinguished Graduate of the University of Kansas School of Business.

Patrick Mahomes II is the starting quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs; founder and chairman of the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation; founder of 2PM Productions; co-owner of the Kansas City Current; co-owner of the Kansas City Royals; and co-owner of Sporting KC.

Clifford Illig, Cerner co-founder, No. 1605 with a net worth of $1.2 billion.

Brittany Mahomes built her own company, Brittany Lynne Fitness, which offers clients programs with guided workouts. In 2021, she co-founded the Kansas City Current with her husband as an expansion team in the National Women's Soccer League.

The Best of Kansas City was founded in the late 1970s in Brookside but the store later closed. A Crown Center shop has been operating since 1986. Montica Alexander bought the company in 1999.

As owners, Chris, Angie, and Brittany have had a clear vision of not only establishing the best women's soccer club in the world, but also having the Kansas City Current serve as a model for all of women's sports.

Kansas and Missouri are home to 10 billionaires in 2024, with two living in the Kansas City area, according to a recent Forbes list. They have a combined net worth of $102.5 billion, greater than the federal government's budget for K-12 education since October 1, 2022.

How much is the Illig family enterprise company worth? ›

According to various estimates Illig is worth north of $1B.

Currently, Illig serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Heart of America Council of Boy Scouts of America. In addition, he and Cerner Chairman and CEO Neal Patterson, along with others, are co-owners of Kansas City's Major League Soccer franchise, Sporting KC.

Biggest attendances in MLS for 2023

The largest stadium in MLS is Charlotte FC's Bank of America Stadium, followed closely by the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. However both were built to house the cities' NFL teams and are typically only half-full for MLS games.

Since 1996, the passion for the beautiful game has been on display in the Cauldron. More than a section, The Cauldron is a way of engaging the sport that we love as a participant and not just a spectator. A unique organization where the greatest sports fans in the country come show the passion of Kansas City.

Voted one of the most intimidating stadiums to play in the MLS, Children's Mercy Park is a state-of-the-art venue that hosts 10,500 fans under a canopy roof that covers every seating section.

Patrick Mahomes

Patrick shares the same vision as co-owners Chris, Angie, and Brittany of establishing the best women's soccer club in the world and having the Kansas City Current serve as a model for all of women's sports.

Its original name was PGI & Associates but was renamed Cerner in 1984 when it rolled out its first system, PathNet. It went public in 1986. Cerner's client base grew steadily in the late 1980s, reaching 70 sites in 1987, 120 sites in 1988, 170 sites in 1989, and reaching 250 sites in 1990.