The Kansas City Chiefs are used to making headlines.
From their star quarterback Patrick Mahomes and controversial kicker Harrison Butker, to tight end Travis Kelce's marriage to Taylor Swift, and, of course, their fifth Super Bowl appearance in the last decade, it's hard to imagine a time when people weren't talking about the Chiefs.
That's good news for the Hunt family, who've owned the team since the beginning.
The Chiefs were founded by Lamar Hunt Sr. in 1959 as the Dallas Texans, but the team has been in Kansas City since 1963. Now, team ownership is divided between his children: Clark Hunt, Sharron Hunt Munson, Daniel Hunt, and Lamar Hunt Jr., with principal decision-making falling to Clark, who's been the team's CEO since 2010.
But the Hunt family's dynasty extends far beyond football. Their real story actually begins with American oil tycoon H.L. Hunt.
Here's everything you need to know about the Hunt family, who Forbes estimates is worth $25.6 billion.
Haroldson Lafayette Hunt made his fortune in the oil industry.
In 1964, The New York Times reported that almost 30 years after H.L. Hunt founded the Hunt Oil Company, his family had an estimated fortune of $700 million (about $7.5 billion in today's money, adjusted for inflation).
At the time of the report, the company was producing oil and natural gas in 12 states, including Texas, Louisiana, and North Dakota.
With his great success in the oil business, H.L. Hunt reportedly invested profits in other industries, such as publishing, cosmetics, and pecan farming.
Hunt founded Facts Forum News, his publication for producing conservative, anti-Communist radio and television programs, from 1951 to 1963, per the University of Houston.
H.L. Hunt died in 1974 with an estimated net worth between $2 billion and $3 billion.
His fortune, which would be worth roughly $13 billion to $20 billion today after adjusting for inflation, was placed into trusts for his 15 children, whom he had with three different women.
His youngest son, Ray Lee Hunt, is now the wealthiest surviving child of H.L. Hunt.
Forbes reported that Ray Lee Hunt, 83, has a net worth of $6.6 billion, as of July 2026.
He is chairman emeritus of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., which includes Hunt Oil Company, Hunt Energy, and Hunt Realty Investments.
Ray's sister, Caroline Rose Hunt, founded Rosewood Hotels & Resorts in 1979 after her father left her the Rosewood Corporation.
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts was sold to New World Hospitality (now known as Rosewood Hotel Group) in 2011 for $229.5 million, according to an announcement published in PR Newswire.
Caroline Rose Hunt died in 2018 at age 95, AP News reported.
Their brother, William Herbert Hunt, led the family's oil and gas company, Petro-Hunt.
Before his death in April 2024, William Herbert Hunt served as an advisor to management at Petro-Hunt.
Per the company website, his family continues to own and operate Petro-Hunt, which, in addition to its focus on oil and gas, also purchases minerals and royalties, invests in real estate, and partially owns an oil refinery.
Lamar's four children and his wife, Norma Hunt, inherited the Kansas City Chiefs after his death in 2006.
Norma Hunt died in 2023 at the age of 85, leaving siblings Clark Hunt, Sharron Hunt Munson, Lamar Hunt Jr., and Daniel Hunt as co-owners of the team.
Clark Hunt, 61, is the chairman and CEO of the Chiefs organization.
Hunt took over as CEO in 2010 and hired Andy Reid as head coach in 2013. Since then, the Chiefs have created a winning dynasty with three Super Bowl wins in five seasons.
In addition to the Chiefs, the Lamar Hunt family owns the MLS team FC Dallas and a minority stake in the Chicago Bulls.
In addition to being chairman and CEO of the Chiefs, Clark Hunt is also chairman and CEO of FC Dallas, while his brother, Daniel Hunt, is the club's president.
The family's involvement with the team was actually decades in the making. Lamar Hunt founded the Dallas Tornado soccer club in 1967 and helped establish the North American Soccer League before becoming a charter investor in Major League Soccer (MLS) in 1996.
In 1999, Lamar Hunt funded the first stadium in the US dedicated solely to soccer, Columbus Crew Stadium. That same year, he was awarded the National Soccer Hall of Fame Medal of Honor, and the US Open Cup Tournament was renamed for him.
The family took over the MLS club Dallas Burn in 2003, which was relaunched as FC Dallas two years later.
The Lamar Hunt family also has a large real-estate portfolio built under Hunt Midwest, based in Kansas City.
According to the company's website, Hunt Midwest is "a Kansas City-based real estate development company with more than $3 billion of developed projects nationwide," including senior living communities and residential, multifamily, and industry-focused locations like SubTropolis.
Clark Hunt is married to Tavia Shackles Hunt.
The couple married in 1993 and have three children together: Gracie, Ava, and Knobel.
Shackles Hunt is from Kansas City, Missouri, and was involved in beauty pageants, winning Miss Missouri Teen USA, Miss Kansas USA, and finishing second runner-up at the Miss USA pageant, People magazine reported.
She has also worked as director of the Chiefs Women's Organization.
"I love being a leader of it and organizing events to familiarize our extended football family with Kansas City and plug them into serving the community," she told Her Life Magazine in 2018.
"It bonds us together on the field and off the field to gather to serve the community and enjoy fellowship together," she added.
Their daughter, Gracie Hunt, was crowned Miss Kansas USA in 2021 and works in public relations for the Chiefs.
Gracie Hunt, 27, grew up playing soccer but was forced to stop after suffering four concussions. She then pivoted to beauty pageants, winning Miss Texas Teen International in 2016, Miss Texas International in 2018, and Miss Kansas USA in 2021.
Now, Hunt works in public relations for the Chiefs while also taking on projects of her own, including a capsule collection with Wear by Erin Andrews, which she's shared online with her 584,000 Instagram followers.
Hunt told People magazine in January 2025, "Coming out with a capsule collection with Erin was a way for me to create something that is my own."
She is also a philanthropist, having founded Breaking Barriers Through Sports in 2016. According to her website, the organization "aims to give people a positive identity and confidence through athletics and living a healthy lifestyle."
In April, she announced her engagement to Derek Green, the son of former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green.
Today, the Hunt family has a combined net worth of $25.6 billion.
Per Forbes, the Hunts are the 15th-richest family in the US, behind other family dynasties like the Walton family, Mars family, and Cathy family.
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