As sale of the Carolina Panthers nears the finish line, some of Charlotte’s richest families are in for a big pay day.
Jerry Richardson owns 48 percent of the team, leaving the other 52 percent to a group of about a dozen wealthy individuals and families from around the region.
The minority partners have little say in the team’s business operations but include some of the most well-known families in the state, including members of the Belk family, who sold their Charlotte-based department store chain in late 2015 for $3 billion, as well as Leon Levine, who founded Family Dollar Stores.