Four years ago, we looked at an unexpected storyline surrounding Alex Rodriguez: even after collecting more than $450 million in Major League Baseball earnings and expanding into a sizable business and investment empire, the former Yankees superstar was said to be facing a very specific challenge — finding enough available cash to cover his piece of the Minnesota Timberwolves purchase.
Back then, Rodriguez and billionaire entrepreneur Marc Lore were working through the early phases of a layered, multi-year agreement to buy the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx from longtime owner Glen Taylor, with the deal valuing the teams at $1.5 billion.
The plan, at least initially, was for Lore and Rodriguez to contribute on roughly equal terms. But reports from 2022 suggested the first 20% acquisition did not break down that way: Lore reportedly put in enough capital to hold about 13%, while Rodriguez’s funding gave him a stake closer to 7%.
That imbalance fueled a fair question at the time: could A-Rod truly keep pace financially with a billionaire partner in one of the most expensive corners of professional sports ownership?
Today, however, the picture has changed dramatically.
Marc Lore is now moving back from the Timberwolves and Lynx ownership group, while billionaire investor Marc Stad is taking the lead in a new transaction that values the franchises at $4.5 billion. Rodriguez, notably, is not selling his position. Instead, he is putting more money in.
Once the deal is finalized, A-Rod is expected to remain the second-largest shareholder in a sports ownership group whose value has effectively tripled from the price agreed upon only a few years earlier.
That raises the key question for sports business watchers: how much of the Minnesota Timberwolves does Alex Rodriguez own now, and how valuable could his stake become?
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How A-Rod Became A Timberwolves Owner
Lore and Rodriguez agreed to buy the Timberwolves and Lynx in 2021 through an unusual staged acquisition. Rather than paying for the entire franchise at closing, their group would acquire pieces over several years before ultimately taking control.
That structure is the source of the most specific ownership figure we have ever received for Rodriguez personally.
Reporting in 2022 indicated that Lore and Rodriguez had initially intended to divide their first 20% purchase evenly. Instead, Lore supplied more of the money, leaving him with roughly 13% of the franchises and Rodriguez with roughly 7%.
A-Rod’s problem wasn’t necessarily that he wasn’t wealthy. It was liquidity.
Rodriguez had accumulated an enormous fortune from baseball, endorsements, broadcasting and investments, but a large portion of his wealth was tied up in businesses, real estate and other assets. There is an enormous difference between having a net worth of several hundred million dollars and having $100 million or $200 million of cash readily available for a sports-team purchase.
The financing became even more complicated as Lore and Rodriguez proceeded through the later stages of the acquisition, with additional investors eventually joining the group.
Then came an entirely different problem.
Glen Taylor attempted to terminate the sale in 2024, arguing that Lore and Rodriguez had failed to satisfy the requirements needed to complete the final stage of the transaction. Lore and Rodriguez disputed Taylor’s interpretation and took the case to arbitration.
They won.
The transaction was eventually completed, and the NBA approved the transfer of control in June 2025.
Does Alex Rodriguez Still Own 7% Of The Timberwolves?
To be clear: We do not know Alex Rodriguez’s current ownership percentage.
The 7% figure dates back to the first stage of the acquisition. It tells us what Rodriguez reportedly owned after that initial transaction.
A lot happened afterward. The ownership group purchased additional equity. New investors supplied capital. The financing structure changed. The takeover was completed. And now the ownership structure is changing yet again.
No public filing or authoritative report has provided a final cap table showing exactly what percentage belongs to Rodriguez personally.
But today’s transaction gives us some extremely useful new information.
The Timberwolves Are Now Valued At $4.5 Billion
Today, it was announced that Marc Lore agreed to sell the majority of his interest in the Timberwolves and Lynx to Marc Stad, founder of Dragoneer Investment Group.
The transaction values the franchises at $4.5 billion, compared with the $1.5 billion valuation attached to the original Lore-Rodriguez acquisition.
This is not a traditional sale in which the entire Timberwolves ownership group is cashing out. It’s largely a reshuffling among investors who are already involved with the franchises.
Stad, previously a significant limited partner, becomes the largest shareholder. Lore reduces his investment and steps away from the lead role so he can devote more time to his food company, Wonder.
A-Rod stays.
Even more importantly, Rodriguez is increasing his equity stake as part of the transaction. The Athletic reports that when the restructuring is complete, Stad will be the largest shareholder and Rodriguez will remain the second-largest shareholder.
Neither report disclosed Rodriguez’s actual percentage.
What Could Alex Rodriguez’s Timberwolves Stake Be Worth?
We still don’t know A-Rod’s exact ownership percentage, but based on everything that has been reported, our best estimate is that he currently owns somewhere in the neighborhood of 7% to 13% of the Timberwolves and Lynx.
We would treat 7% as a conservative low-end estimate. That’s the percentage Rodriguez was reported to have owned after the first stage of the acquisition. A lot has changed since then, but we now know that A-Rod remained heavily involved through the subsequent financing rounds, is increasing his investment in the latest restructuring, and will emerge as the second-largest shareholder in the ownership group.
At the other end, we think roughly 13% is a reasonable high-end estimate based on the known history of the transaction and the ownership hierarchy that has now been reported. We would not be comfortable assuming something materially higher without a public cap table or additional reporting.
At today’s $4.5 billion valuation, those percentages imply:
| Estimated A-Rod Ownership | Gross Implied Value |
|---|---|
| 7% – Conservative Low End | $315 million |
| 10% – Rough Midpoint | $450 million |
| 13% – Likely High End | $585 million |
So our current working estimate is that Alex Rodriguez’s Timberwolves and Lynx stake could have a gross implied value somewhere between roughly $315 million and $585 million, with something around $450 million representing a reasonable midpoint.
What Does This Mean For Alex Rodriguez’s Net Worth?
Prior to today’s news, CelebrityNetWorth estimated Alex Rodriguez’s net worth at $350 million. That estimate assumed he owned roughly 7% of the Timberwolves and Lynx at a $2 billion valuation, giving his stake a gross implied value of about $140 million.
At today’s $4.5 billion valuation, that same 7% stake would be worth $315 million — an increase of $175 million. Holding everything else in his fortune constant, that alone would lift our old $350 million estimate to roughly $525 million. Given that A-Rod is now reportedly increasing his stake, we think rounding that up to $550 million is reasonable and potentially still conservative.
And the upside could be much greater. If Rodriguez owns 10%, his stake would have a gross implied value of $450 million, which would push the same net worth calculation to roughly $660 million. If he owns 13%, his stake would be worth about $585 million, implying a net worth of roughly $795 million — essentially $800 million.
For now, we’re increasing Alex Rodriguez’s net worth estimate from $350 million to $550 million, while recognizing that his true fortune could be significantly higher depending on his exact ownership percentage and any financing attached to the stake.
