BARCELONA, SPAIN – MAY 9: Dietrich Mateschitz CEO of RedBull attends the Formula One preseason tests on May 9, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros Garcia/Corbis via Getty Images)
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In this week’s SportsMoney Playbook: the Yankees’ new billionaires, a Formula 1 owner’s $20 billion legacy and IndyCar’s 16-year-old driver. Plus: A furniture salesman could win $75 million on the Astros.
Baseball
At the time of his death 12 years ago, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was worth $1.1 billion. Now, his three surviving children are each worth $1.3 billion or more, according to Forbes estimates.
Jim McIngvale, the furniture salesman better known as Mattress Mack, has about $10 million riding on the Astros to win the World Series, with a chance to win $75 million. He tells us how he got started placing outrageous sports bets.
Pro Basketball
Real estate investor David Adelman is…
