Kim Pegula
| Kim Pegula | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1969 (age c. 48) Seoul, South Korea |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Houghton College |
| Known for | Owner of the Buffalo Bills, President/CEO of Pegula Sports and Entertainment |
| Spouse(s) | Terrence Pegula (m. 1993) |
| Children | 3 (including Jessica Pegula) 2 stepchildren |
Kim Pegula (née Kerr) is an American businesswoman and, along with her husband, Terry Pegula, one of the principal owners of the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League. She is also one of the key personnel of Pegula Sports and Entertainment, which is the holding company that manages the Bills alongside with the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League, Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League, Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, HarborCenter and Black River Entertainment, an independent record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. Along with Shahid Khan, Mrs. Pegula is one of only two persons of non-European descent to own a franchise in the NFL.
Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. She has no recollection of her birth name, no record of her biological parents nor any account of her life in South Korea, only a secondhand account of being abandoned in the streets of Seoul at the age of five and a DNA test that showed one of her parents was likely Japanese. She was brought to the United States and there adopted by Ralph and Marilyn Kerr on December 30, 1974. Along with her adopted family, she grew up in Fairport, New York, a suburb of Rochester. Kim participated in cheerleading and her school band, playing bassoon. After following her brothers' footsteps in enrolling at Houghton College, she and a roommate ventured to Alaska to work near a fishing camp upon hearing there was money to be made. It was there that she met her future husband, Terry Pegula, when he and his coworkers ate at a restaurant in which Kim was working as a waitress. Pegula offered her a job at his natural gas company, and they eventually entered a relationship, marrying in 1993. Kim is the mother of Matthew Pegula, Kelly Pegula and professional tennis player Jessica Pegula; she is also stepmother to two of Terry's children from a previous marriage. Kim resides with Terry in Boca Raton, Florida.
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