List of owners of National Women's Soccer League teams

National Women's Soccer League owners own a share in the National Women's Soccer League and have the right to operate a team. Players' rights to play in the league are held an individual team. Each NWSL team has an investor-operator that is a shareholder in the league. The league has a profit-sharing arrangement amongst the teams.
, the league has 16 investor-operator individuals or groups for its 14 current and 2 future clubs.

Teams

Angel City FC

Angel City FC was founded in 2020 by Kara Nortman, Natalie Portman, Alexis Ohanian, and Julie Uhrman. Other notable investors include:

[Bay FC] (2024)

Sixth Street Partners, Rick Welts, Sheryl Sandberg, Brandi Chastain, Aly Wagner, Danielle Slaton, Leslie Osborne, Andre Iguodala

Chicago Stars FC

Arnim Whisler was a co-founding owner of the originally-named Chicago Red Stars in 2007 in Women's Professional Soccer, the top American league at the time. He was owner of the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL from the inception of the league in 2012 until September 1, 2023, when Whisler and all minority owners of the Red Stars sold their stakes to an investment group led by Laura Ricketts, which included Debra Cafaro, Jennifer Pritzker, and Hilary Rosen.

[Houston Dash]

The majority owner of the Houston Dash is Ted Segal.
Other investors include Gabriel Brener, Oscar De La Hoya, and Ben Guill.
James Harden joined the ownership group in 2019.

[Kansas City Current]

Lead investors of the Kansas City Current are Angie and Chris Long. Other minority investors include Jen Gulvik and Brittany Matthews and her husband Patrick Mahomes.

[NJ/NY Gotham FC]

The founding investor of NJ/NY Gotham FC is Thomas Hofstetter Since 2012, majority owners have included Tammy Murphy, Phil Murphy, Steven Temares. In 2020, Ed Nalbandian joined as a minority owner. In 2022, Kristin Bernert, Karen Bryant, Carli Lloyd, Sue Bird, Kevin Durant, and Rich Kleiman joined as minority owners.

[North Carolina Courage]

Since 2017, Steve Malik has been the majority and managing owner of the North Carolina Courage and served as its chairman.

Naomi Osaka joined as a minority owner in January 2021.
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Ashlie and Michael Bucy, and Sara and R. James Toussaint joined as minority owners in May 2021.
Jim and Sue Datin, Torry Holt, Downtown South developer Kane Realty, and nine other local investors joined as minority owners in July 2021.
CBC increased its stake in the Courage and acquired a seat on the club's board of directors in August 2023.
Ons Jabeur joined as a minority owner in August 2023.

[Seattle Reign FC]

2024–: The Carlyle Group and Seattle Sounders FC
2020–2024: OL Groupe, Bill and Teresa Predmore, Tony Parker
2019–2020: Bill and Teresa Predmore, The Baseball Club of Tacoma LLC, Adrian Hanauer, and Lenore Hanauer
2012–2019: Bill and Teresa Predmore, founding owners

[Orlando Pride]

Since 2021: The Wilf Family
2018–2021: Flávio Augusto da Silva, Phil Rawlins, Albert Friedberg
2015–2018: Flávio Augusto da Silva and Phil Rawlins

[Portland Thorns FC]

[Racing Louisville FC]

Soccer Holdings, LLC

[San Diego Wave FC]

Lauren Leichtman and Arthur Levine

Alex Morgan and Jimmy Butler

Ronald Burkle

[Washington Spirit]

Y. Michele Kang
Steve Baldwin, Michele Kang, and Bill Lynch, with other minority investors joining in 2021, including Jenna Bush Hager, Chelsea Clinton, Brianna Scurry, and Dominique Dawes.
Steve Baldwin and Bill Lynch
Bill Lynch