History of The Chicago Cubs - List of Owners

List of Owners

  • 1876: William Hulbert
  • 1882: Albert Spalding (owner of Spalding Sporting Goods)
  • 1902: James Hart
  • 1905: Charles Murphy
  • 1914: Charles Taft
  • 1916: Charles Weeghman/Albert Lasker (heads of an investment group with seven others including William Wrigley Jr.)
  • 1921: Wrigley and Company (Wrigley family owned Wrigley Chewing Gum)
  • 1981: Tribune Company
  • 2007: Sam Zell
  • 2009: Family trust of Joe Ricketts; chairman Tom Ricketts (the elder Ricketts is the founder of TD Ameritrade)

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