{"id":3912,"date":"2026-09-05T10:52:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:52:37","slug":"u-s-tennis-star-jessica-pegulas-dad-is-also-big-in-sports-with-a-9-3-billion-net-worth-he-owns-the-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=3912","title":{"rendered":"U.S. tennis star Jessica Pegula\u2019s dad is also big in sports\u2014with a $9.3 billion net worth, he owns the Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jessica Pegula has a chance to make history at this year\u2019s U.S. Open tennis tournament. Currently No. 3 in the world, Pegula is riding a career high and facing down her greatest opportunity yet to win her first major. A deep run could also make her the first American woman to reach the top spot in the WTA rankings since Serena Williams over a decade ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Pegula, 32, has already built an impressive career on and off the court, earning\u00a0over\u00a0$26 million in tournament prize money while securing brand deals with companies including\u00a0IBM,\u00a0Hyatt, and\u00a0The Farmer\u2019s Dog. But there\u2019s another part of her story that has long followed her around: her family\u2019s extraordinary wealth.<\/p>\n

Her father, Terry Pegula, built a fortune in the oil and gas industry before turning much of his attention\u2014and billions of dollars\u2014toward professional sports. He sold the bulk of his company, East Resources, to Royal Dutch Shell for $4.7 billion in 2010. The following year, he purchased Buffalo, New York\u2019s NHL team, the Buffalo Sabres, for $189 million, and in 2014, he outbid groups including Jon Bon Jovi and Donald Trump to purchase the NFL\u2019s Buffalo Bills for $1.4 billion. Today, he and his wife Kim Pegula have a combined net worth of about $9.3 billion.<\/p>\n

For Jessica, however, her father\u2019s fortune is something she has tried not to let define her career as a professional athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always tried to carry myself as just a normal person because that\u2019s to me how I am,\u201d Jessica told The Times<\/em> earlier this year. \u201cI\u2019m definitely aware that I was very privileged and had a lot of good opportunities, and I didn\u2019t want to waste those.\u201d<\/p>\n

Terry Pegula turned a $7,500 loan into an oil empire\u2014and his daughter has shared his passion for hard work<\/h2>\n

Terry grew up in rural northeastern Pennsylvania, with his father working as a truck driver and coal miner. Terry initially studied mathematics at Penn State University before transferring to the school\u2019s Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program. He graduated in 1973.<\/p>\n

After college, he moved to Texas to work for Getty Oil Company but later returned to the Rust Belt. In 1983, he borrowed $7,500 from family and friends to launch East Resources, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company operating in the Appalachian Basin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over nearly three decades, Terry Pegula built the company into one of the largest privately held oil and gas businesses in the U.S., eventually selling the bulk of East Resources to Royal Dutch Shell for $4.7 billion in 2010. He sold another $1.75 billion in assets in 2014.<\/p>\n

For Jessica, that story of starting with relatively little and building something through persistence has been central to her family\u2019s ethos. She was born in 1994 and began playing tennis at age seven, but she has said her family didn\u2019t become wealthy until she was a teenager.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad is super blue-collar,\u201d Jessica said to The Times<\/em>. \u201cHe grew up with nothing and built his way up, and that mindset was instilled in my family from a young age.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people get this image that it\u2019s really easy for me because my dad is very wealthy, but that didn\u2019t happen till I was 17 or 18,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

By then, Jessica had already established herself as a promising young tennis player. At 17, she received a wildcard into the main draw of the U.S. Open doubles tournament in 2011. Four years later, she made her singles debut.<\/p>\n

But Jessica\u2019s rise to the top of the sport has been gradual. Now 32, she has been described as a \u201clate bloomer\u201d by tennis standards. The two players ahead of her in the WTA rankings\u2014No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 2 Elena Rybakina\u2014are 28 and 27, respectively, and have already won multiple Grand Slam titles.<\/p>\n

Jessica, meanwhile, is still chasing her first major trophy\u2014and has said her goal has always been to one day reach the No. 1 ranking. However, she said neither her age nor her family\u2019s wealth has changed what it takes to get there.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone who knows sports, or is an athlete, or is highly competitive, or has made it very far, I think, knows that you\u2019re not really going to get there unless you work hard, are talented, and are really driven to get there,\u201d Jessica said to Forbes <\/em>in 2023. \u201cIt\u2019s really difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

That philosophy echoes advice Terry has given his children throughout their lives: \u201cWork hard, love what you\u2019re doing, and treat people right.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Friday, Sept. 4, Jessica defeated No. 31 Leylah Fernandez to advance to round four of the 2026 U.S. Open, where she will face No. 16 Sorana Cirstea of Romania. Fortune <\/em>reached out to the Pegulas for comment but received no response.<\/p>\n

Many of tennis\u2019s biggest stars came from modest beginnings\u2014and built fortunes of their own<\/h2>\n

Jessica Pegula isn\u2019t the only rising tennis star to come from a high-net-worth family.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emma Navarro is the No. 26 seed in the U.S. Open\u2014and her father, Ben Navarro, has an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion after a career in finance. Like the Pegula family, Emma has emphasized the role her family\u2019s work ethic played in her own success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family instilled in me the value of hard work, resiliency, and perseverance,\u201d Emma said earlier this year. \u201cMy dad always taught us to never give up no matter the circumstances and to always give one hundred percent effort in everything you do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, there\u2019s no single formula for becoming a successful tennis player. While the sport can be expensive to get into, with high costs for coaching, equipment, and club memberships, some of the sport\u2019s top stars have come from families without enormous fortunes. Many have gone on to build multimillion-dollar fortunes of their own.<\/p>\n

Serena and Venus Williams, for example, grew up in a middle-class family in Compton, California, before becoming two of the most successful and recognizable players in tennis history. Serena\u2019s net worth is estimated at $400 million, while Venus has over $50 million to her name built through prize money, endorsements, and investments.<\/p>\n

The sisters have often credited their upbringing with shaping their careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the main value that [my parents] instilled in me is just humility, and I think that goes way better than any championship or anything, because it keeps you grounded as an individual,\u201d Williams told CNBC<\/em>. \u201cIt keeps you respectful, and it keeps you just like everybody else, because at the end of the day, we\u2019re all the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic, who has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other male player, has emphasized the sacrifices his parents made to support his tennis career. As a child, the Serbian star recalled his father telling his family of five that\u00a0they had just $10 left\u00a0in their name\u2014a lesson in persistence that stuck with Novak.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo forward no matter what, fall hard on your nose, and then stand up and keep going forward and fall again and then bounce back again,\u201d Djokovic said. \u201cAnd then, you will win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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