JAY-Z was spotted having dinner with Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos earlier this week, fueling rumors around them purchasing the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
The businessmen met up at Horses in Los Angeles on Monday night (November 7), days after word got out they had a mutual interest in putting in a bid for the team owned by Daniel Snyder. The meeting seemed pretty important, especially when the restaurant is closed on Monday.
According to TMZ, they chatted for over two hours in an empty restaurant, with Bezos leaving around 9:30 pm and Hov staying past midnight. Tagging alongside Bezos and JAY-Z was the Amazon CEO’s girlfriend Lauren Sánchez and Kris Jenner’s partner Corey Gamble.
Snyder shocked the NFL community when he and his wife, Tanya Snyder, confirmed on Wednesday (November 2) that they’ve hired Bank Of America Securities to aid in a potential sale of the team. According to reports, the Snyders are looking for $7 billion.
“Dan and Tanya Snyder and the Washington Commanders announced today that they have hired BofA Securities to consider potential transactions,” a statement read.
“The Snyders remain committed to the team, all of its employees and its countless fans to putting the best product on the field and continuing the work to set the gold standard for workplaces in the NFL.”
The Roc Nation mogul is worth about $1.3 billion, per Forbes, so he would most likely need an investment team to complete the ownership transaction. Jeff Bezos would be a perfect fit for the deal, with an estimated net worth of $113.8 billion, according to Forbes.
JAY-Z is looking to become the first Black owner in the history of the NFL. He was reportedly interested in purchasing the Denver Broncos before the franchise was sold to the Walton-Penner Group in June for a record $4.65 billion — the largest team sale in U.S. sports history.
Despite reportedly trying to get a deal done, JAY-Z was recently accused by Bacardi of backing out of a deal to sell his ownership stake in D’USSÉ. It was reported that Bacardi — Hov’s 50/50 partner in the liquor brand — claimed both sides agreed on a “handshake deal” last December that would see Bacardi’s subsidiary, Empire Investments, purchase JAY-Z’s 50 percent share.
According to new legal documents filed by Bacardi, however, the Brooklyn-bred billionaire backed out of the deal and demanded double the price they agreed upon. It’s unclear what the original valuation was due to the documents being redacted.
So jigger want the dussay money to pay for him being an “owner” we will hear it on the next song. Jay z the type of person to pay for your funeral then rap who you know paid a milli for the casket, bezos can put him on a prime truck
he would be an “owner” just like he was an “owner” of the nets(0.25% btw). he doesn’t have the 6 bil its gonna cost to buy the redskins. hes in this deal 1, because hes the nfls “approach” to be more equal. 2, hes black. i honestly have to ask the black delegation. doesn’t it get tired of being label black? aren’t you just a man or a woman? the legit only race to label themselves, yet you wanna be equal. if u wanna be equal STOP LABELING YOURSELF.
History will NEVER let that happen.
Jay would be a small investor…certainly not a true owner. He doesn’t even have enough money to sit at the negotiation table.
As jay said “I percent of a billion is more than n#$$as ever seen, but they still want to act like its an everyday thing”. In a sport which has a huge lack of African American representation in ownership positions. Only black people(i’m sorry i mean n#$$as) would complain about how much stake he would own in the team. The reason you don’t see more people of color in these higher positions is because they dont have anyone that looks like them that can put them in those positions. but please dont let me stop you from being Uncle Ruckus.
The worst kept secret is Jay’s interest in NFL ownership. I don’t expect Jay to buy a substantial stake in the commanders. The current owners want $7 billion. Jay simply doesn’t have anywhere near $1 billion in liquid assets. He needs substantially more liquid assets to even get on the buyer email distribution list. This is out of Jay’s league for money lol. He is acting like he is part of the investment team but his money isn’t deep enough to be taken serious.
Yet he’s sitting at the table with bezos lol you don’t his financial situation worry about your own pockets!
Bezos can buy Jay Z and Beyoncé whole life a dozen times over and have enough left to buy 10 teams and still be the top 5 richest on earth
Jay z the worst for the people. Meet with Elon jay! He won’t have you jumping and promoting things for cash like bezos will
Jay z the worst for the people. Meet with Elon jay! He won’t have you jumping and promoting things for cash like bezos will
more money than fucking sense. first black owner nobody will give a shit in the longer term.
JayZ definitely in with the shadow govt Kanye discussed, even one of the same Kardashian handlers, Cory lol. JayZ is their top mascot.