Jacksonville-area billionaire, CEO of Dream Finders Homes leads group trying to buy Tampa Bay Rays for $1.7B: report

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The CEO of Dream Finders Homes, a Jacksonville-based homebuilder, is leading a group attempting to buy the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, according to multiple reports. The deal involving Patrick Zalupski, who founded Dream Finders in 2008 and has a net worth of $1.4 billion according to Forbes, values the team at roughly $1.7 billion, according to multiple sources who spoke to Sportico. The Rays are valued at $1.25 billion, according to Forbes magazine. Stuart Sternberg bought the Major League Baseball club for $200 million in 2004....