{"id":"josh-harris-q6289885","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/josh-harris-q6289885","language":"en","name":"Josh Harris","name_en":"Josh Harris","name_ne":null,"description":"American investor and sports team owner (born 1964)","headline":"American investor and sports team owner (born 1964)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Joshua Jordan Harris (born December 29, 1964) is an American investor and sports team owner. Harris is a co-founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management and managing partner of the NBA team Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL team New Jersey Devils, and the NFL team Washington Commanders. He is also a general partner of the English football club Crystal Palace and holds a minority stake in Joe Gibbs Racing. He left Apollo in 2022 to focus on Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, which he formed with David Blitzer in 2017 as a holding company for their shared sports properties.","summary_more":["Harris earned a degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986 and an MBA from Harvard Business School four years later, forming Apollo with Leon Black and Marc Rowan following graduation. Harris headed independent groups that acquired the 76ers in 2011, the Devils in 2013, and the Commanders in 2023. Other companies founded include Harris Philanthropies in 2014 and the alternative assets firm 26North in 2022. Harris has an estimated net worth of $12 billion as of 2026."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"29 December 1964","date":"1964-12-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Chevy Chase","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754478"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"investor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557880"},{"text":"sports team owner","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26837361"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Harvard Business School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49126","start":"1988","end":"1990"},{"text":"The Wharton School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329269","start":"1982","end":"1986"},{"text":"The Field School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891227","end":"1982"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Marjorie Harris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103758895","start":"1995"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P26"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"26n.com/team/founder","url":"https://www.26n.com/team/founder"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P856"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"FA Cup trophy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18117368","date":"2025-05-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P166"}},{"key":"linkedin","label":"LinkedIn","values":[{"text":"josh-harris-26n","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-harris-26n/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885#P6634"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Harris_(businessman)","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885","https://www.26n.com/team/founder","https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-harris-26n/"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Josh Harris born?","a":"Josh Harris was born on 29 December 1964 in Chevy Chase."},{"q":"Where did Josh Harris study?","a":"Josh Harris was educated at Harvard Business School, The Wharton School, The Field School."}],"related":[{"name":"Abigail Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abigail-johnson"},{"name":"Alex Karp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alex-karp"},{"name":"Alice Walton","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alice-walton"},{"name":"Arte Moreno","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arte-moreno"},{"name":"Arthur Blank","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-blank"},{"name":"Baiju Bhatt","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/baiju-bhatt"},{"name":"Barry Diller","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barry-diller"},{"name":"Ben Chestnut","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ben-chestnut"},{"name":"Bill Ackman","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-ackman"},{"name":"Bill Gates","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-gates"},{"name":"Bob Parsons","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bob-parsons"},{"name":"Bobby Murphy","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bobby-murphy"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/josh-harris-q6289885-26f4b655ea.jpg","width":500,"height":686,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Josh Harris","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josh_Harris_WAS-NYG_NOV2023_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Josh Harris","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Harris_(businessman)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6289885","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289885","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Josh Harris WAS-NYG NOV2023 (cropped).jpg by Josh Harris (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josh_Harris_WAS-NYG_NOV2023_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Josh Harris, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Josh Harris WAS-NYG NOV2023 (cropped).jpg — Josh Harris, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Josh Harris\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/josh-harris-q6289885. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/josh-harris-q6289885","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/josh-harris-q6289885","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/josh-harris-q6289885?lang=ne"}}