It turns out the $2 billion that Steve Ballmer spent to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers was money well spent.
Ballmer, according to Forbes magazine's annual list of billionaires, is the 26th richest person in the world with a net worth of $23.5 billion. The former CEO of Microsoft shocked the sports world when he shelled out $2 billion to buy the Clippers.Yet since buying the Clippers, Ballmer's portfolio has only gotten better. At the time of the purchase in 2014, Ballmer was worth $20 billion on the Forbes list and ranked No. 35 in the world.The second-richest sports owner is Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, who owns the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers and is worth $17.