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Jessica Pegula chases tennis history amid family's sports empire

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Tennis player Jessica Pegula is currently ranked No. 3 in the world and has a chance to reach the No. 1 WTA ranking at the U.S. Open. Pegula, who has secured brand deals and earned significant prize money, comes from a family with substantial wealth, primarily built by her father, Terry Pegula, in the oil and gas industry. Terry Pegula sold a large portion of his company for billions and later purchased professional sports teams like the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres. Despite her family's fortune, Jessica Pegula emphasizes her own hard work and a blue-collar ethos instilled by her father, aiming to define her career by her athletic achievements. AI

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Jessica Pegula chases tennis history amid family's sports empire

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Preston Fore ·

    U.S. tennis star Jessica Pegula’s dad is also heavily invested in sports—he owns the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and has a $9.3 billion net worth

    Jessica Pegula is chasing tennis’s No. 1 ranking and her first Grand Slam title while building her own legacy coming from a billionaire family.

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