Who Owns the Packers Trivia Questions
The Green Bay Packers are owned by their fans through a nonprofit corporation formed in 1923, and about 539,000 people hold shares today. See how much you know about how that ownership works.
Who Owns the Packers
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Question 1 of 10
In 1923, how much did one share of stock in the new Green Bay Football Corporation cost?
Shares in the 1923 sale cost $5 each, and 1,109 were sold, netting the team about $5,545.
Question 2 of 10
Who was elected the first president of the Green Bay Football Corporation in 1923?
Andrew Turnbull, publisher of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, was elected the corporation's first president in 1923 and served until 1928.
Question 3 of 10
What sent the Green Bay Football Corporation into receivership in 1933, two years before its second stock sale?
Willard Bent fell out of the stands at City Stadium in 1931 and was awarded nearly $5,000 in court. The team came out of receivership as Green Bay Packers, Inc., and sold stock again in 1935.
The 1920 Packers, three years before Green Bay businessmen turned the team into a corporation owned by the town. Question 4 of 10
How many times have the Packers sold stock to fans, counting the first sale in 1923?
The team sold stock in 1923, 1935, 1950, 1997, 2011 and 2021, and the most recent sale closed in February 2022.
Question 5 of 10
What is the most shares of Packers stock one person is allowed to own?
The articles of incorporation cap any one person at 200,000 shares, just under 4 percent of the stock, so no one can take control of the team.
The 1936 NFL champions, the first title the team won as Green Bay Packers, Inc. Question 6 of 10
What did one share cost in the stock sale the Packers held in 1997 to help rebuild Lambeau Field?
The 1997 sale priced shares at $200, added 105,989 new shareholders and raised more than $24 million for the Lambeau Field redevelopment.
Question 7 of 10
How much money did the Packers raise in the stock sale that ran from November 2021 to February 2022?
Fans bought more than 198,000 shares at $300 each, and the money went to new video boards and concourse work at Lambeau Field.
Question 8 of 10
Who took over from Mark Murphy as the Packers' chairman, president and CEO at the 2025 annual meeting?
Ed Policy, who had been the team's chief operating officer and general counsel, succeeded Murphy at the 2025 shareholders meeting at Lambeau Field.
A Lambeau Leap into the stands, where plenty of the people catching the player own a share of the team. Question 9 of 10
How many members sit on the Packers' executive committee, the group elected from the board to oversee the team?
The executive committee has seven members, led by the team president, and the other members serve without pay.
Question 10 of 10
If Green Bay Packers, Inc. were ever dissolved, where would its leftover assets go?
The articles of incorporation send what's left to the Green Bay Packers Foundation, a charity, and shareholders would get nothing for their stock.
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