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A Kansas native who has lived in Denver for the past 42 years, the 64-year-old Anschutz is the chairman and owner of Anschutz Co., a highly diversified firm that owns or has investments in about 100 companies in energy, pipelines, railroads, agriculture, real estate, film production, movie theaters, telecommunications, sports, media and entertainment.

Most notably, Anschutz is the founder and largest shareholder of Qwest Communications International Inc., a telecom concern, and vice chairman of Union Pacific Corp., the nation's largest railroad. He is also a major investor in Major League Soccer, owns the Los Angeles Kings hockey team and is a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Forbes.com puts his net worth at $4.9 billion, ranking him number 62 on Forbes' annual list of the world's richest people.
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A conservative Christian, Anschutz, who could not be reached for comment, has long contributed money to political causes and candidates, including former Sen. Bob Dole. Anschutz also backed the 1992 campaign in Colorado that opposed municipal ordinances that would provide civil rights protections for gays and lesbians.
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The same-sex marriages appear decidedly out of step with values openly espoused by Anschutz. In the 1990s, he backed Colorado's Amendment 2, the highly contentious measure that sought to restrict Colorado's cities from adopting civil-rights protections specifically for gays and lesbians. The issue reached national proportions, with opponents boycotting business with the state.

According to published reports, Anschutz donated $10,000 to Colorado for Family Values, backers of the amendment, during the heated final days of the campaign. The amendment passed in 1992 but was later overturned by the state's Supreme Court. The media watchdog group Morality in Media, established in 1962 and based in New York, reportedly has received generous support from Anschutz for its crusades against pornography and obscenity in magazines, movies, television and other outlets.
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The Anschutz Entertainment Group is but one of Anschutz's holdings, but sports fans will recognize its footprint. The wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Co. owns or controls companies and facilities including the Staples Center, which Anschutz developed, the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles and the London Arena. Anschutz is an investor-operator in five Major League Soccer teams, including the San Jose Earthquakes. He is a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association and a majority owner of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League
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twin58:
Anschutz also backed the 1992 campaign in Colorado that opposed municipal ordinances that would provide civil rights protections for gays and lesbians.

But in an era where two-newspaper towns are rarities and the money-losing Examiner's significance is diminishing under the tenure of its current owners, the Fang family, analysts doubted the newspaper could compete effectively in a city dominated by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Since taking over the historic Examiner, the Fangs have fired most of the newspaper's staff and transformed it into a free publication distributed at streetside news racks.

\"It's not surprising that the Fangs wanted to sell,\" newspaper analyst John Morton said. \"What is a surprise is that someone would want to buy it.\"

metromathis13:
By Philip Anschutz, do we mean good old Phil, who just happens to own oh....4 or 5 MLS teams? Sounds like the same guy to me- ultra-reclusive, ultra-rich...

Anyway, the man scares me nonetheless. Let's hope he doesn't try to push his anti homosexual agenda through the Examiner...