The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:41 PM
Former Florida Marlins Owner Wayne Huizenga Dies At Age 80
Huizenga honed expertise building fractured industries into conglomerates and dominated trash collection, automotive sales and video sales.
In the early 1990s, he owned three of South Florida's professional sports teams: the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Panthers and the Florida Marlins. Under Huizenga, the Marlins won the World Series and the Panthers reached the Stanley Cup Finals.
His net worth of $2.8 billion in 2017 made him the 288th wealthiest person in America, according to Forbes.
The Sun-Sentinel reported that Huizenga got his start by borrowing $5,000 from his father to buy a truck and started a garbage route. Seven years later, his company operated 20 trucks in Florida.