Besides the infamous set of brass testicles — chronicled in a New York magazine profile that’s been quoted often this week — soon-to-be new Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper had a lot of Pittsburgh Steelers collectibles in the office where he built his hedge fund fortune, according to the magazine piece.
Tepper has been a Steelers’ minority partner since 2009 when he bought a 5 percent stake that’s now worth $122.5 million, based on Forbes’ $2.45 billion valuation of the Steelers.
The New York magazine piece compared Tepper’s Appaloosa Management offices to “a high-end sports bar—all polished mahogany and flat-screen TVs and black-and-gold Steelers paraphernalia—or a wealthy frat house.