Real estate developer who founded Related Companies and built Hudson Yards in New York. As owner of the Miami Dolphins he brought Formula One to Miami.
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Stephen M. Ross 15
1940Stephen Ross born in DetroitStephen Michael Ross is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1962Stephen Ross graduates from MichiganRoss earns a business degree and later law degrees from Wayne State and NYU.
1972Stephen Ross founds Related CompaniesRoss starts the firm as an affordable-housing developer.
2004Stephen Ross gives Michigan $100 millionThe business school is renamed the Ross School of Business.
2008Stephen Ross buys half of the Miami DolphinsRoss buys 50 percent of the team and stadium from Wayne Huizenga.
2009Stephen Ross becomes Dolphins ownerRoss completes a $1.1 billion deal for 95 percent of the team.
2013Stephen Ross gives Michigan $200 millionThe gift is the largest in the university's history at the time.
2015Stephen Ross founds RISERoss launches a coalition against racism in sport.
2016Stephen Ross renovates the Dolphins stadiumRoss spends about $500 million of his own money on what becomes Hard Rock Stadium.
2019Stephen Ross opens Hudson YardsRelated's development, the largest private real estate project in the US, opens in Manhattan.
2020Stephen Ross hosts the Super BowlSuper Bowl LIV is played at Hard Rock Stadium.
2022Stephen Ross brings Formula One to MiamiThe first Miami Grand Prix is held on Ross's circuit around Hard Rock Stadium.
2022Stephen Ross suspended by the NFLThe league suspends Ross and strips the Dolphins of draft picks for tampering.
2026Stephen Ross funds a Vanderbilt campusRoss commits $50 million to a Vanderbilt campus in West Palm Beach.
2026Stephen Ross sells a Dolphins stakeA 1 percent sale values the team at $12.5 billion.