American businessman, owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League, James "Jim" Irsay, has a net worth of $2.2 billion as of May 2016 according to Forbes list of billionaires. The son of Chicago businessman Robert Irsay. One of the few owners of NFL's team whose fortune is primarily tied up in his team, Irsay inhereted the Colts in 1997 from his father Robert. Nine straight playoff appearances helped push the value of his Indianapolis Colts football team to $1 billion.