Philip Anschutz Biography

Philip Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman born in Russell, Kansas, the U.S. as Philip Frederick Anschutz (/ˈænʃuːts/ AN-shoots). He owns many companies in a variety of industries, including energy, railroads, real estate, sports, newspapers, movies, theaters, arenas as well as music. As of 2004, he bought the parent company of the Journal Newspapers, which under Anschutz’s direction became the right-wing tabloid Washington Examiner.
Anschutz is the son of Fred and Marian Pfister Anschutz, whose memorial donations established the Anschutz Family Foundation, which has distributed more than $50 million to various charitable causes, headed by Philip’s sister the conservationist Sue Anschutz-Rodgers.
As of 1961, he purchased his father’s oil drilling company, Circle A Drilling, and earned large returns in Wyoming. He invested in stocks, real estate as well as a railroads. He expanded his investments to sports as well as entertainment companies, co-founding the American association football/soccer league Major League Soccer and also multiple soccer teams, such as the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chicago Fire, Colorado Rapids, Houston Dynamo, San Jose Earthquakes as well as the New York/New Jersey MetroStars.
Anschutz is the principal owner of the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings and also a minority owner of the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Lakers. He also owns stakes in performance venues that involve the Staples Center, The O2, London as well as the Dignity Health Sports Park. Through his ownership of Walden Media, Philip has invested in films including The Chronicles of Narnia, Ray as well as Joshua. Through AEG Live, he owns the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Sea Island Resorts as well as The Broadmoor hotel in Colorado.

Philip Anschutz Age

On 28 December 1939, Philip was born in Russell, Kansas, United States.

Philip Anschutz Height

He has not disclosed much information regarding his body measurements to the public yet. This section will be updated once we have the information.

Philip Anschutz Education

Anschutz attended and graduated from Wichita High School East in 1957, and in the year 1961, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Kansas, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Philip Anschutz Family

Anschutz is a son to his parents Fred Anschutz(father) and Marian Pfister Anschutz(mother). He has an older sister called Sue Anschutz-Rogers who became a Colorado rancher as well as a philanthropist. His father was an oil tycoon as well as a land investor who invested in ranches in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and later went into the oil-drilling business.
His grandfather who is known as Carl Anschutz was an ethnic German who emigrated from Russia and began the Farmers State Bank in Russell. Anschutz was raised up in Russell, Wichita, and Hays, Kansas, where he resided near Bob Dole. In later years, Anschutz contributed to Dole’s political campaigns.

Philip Anschutz Wife

Philip Anschutz is married to Nancy Anschutz. The duo is blessed with three children together, a son named Christian Anschutz and daughters named Elizabeth Anschutz and Sarah Anschutz. He was inducted into the Kansas Business Hall of Fame in the year 2000 as well as the U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2002.

Philip Anschutz Broadmoor

As of 2011, it was reported that Anschutz had purchased the Oklahoma Publishing Company, and as part of their assets The Broadmoor as well as the Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railway in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs respectively.

Philip Anschutz House

Anschutz invested in both the Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse, an auction company designed for the oil & gas business, and NRC Broadcasting, which owns a string of radio stations in Colorado. We shall upload pictures of his house as soon as we have them.

Philip Anschutz Net Worth

Anschutz has a presumed net worth of 10.1 billion USD. Anschutz has built fortunes in oil, railroads, telecom, real estate, and entertainment for over five decades.