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Patrick Dennis Bowlen (born February 18, 1944 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Prairie du Chien is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 6,018 at the 2000 census....
) is the Owner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. They are currently a member of the American Football Conference AFC West in the National Football League ....
. He purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser
Edgar Kaiser

Edgar F. Kaiser, Jr is a Canada financier and a former owner of the Denver Broncos American football team. He is the grandson of shipbuilding industrialist Henry J....
 in 1984 and saved the team from possible bankruptcy.

s father, Paul D. Bowlen, became a millionaire in the Canadian oil business, founding Regent Oil as a wildcatter. Bowlen attended the University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public university research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma....
 and earned degrees in business (1965) and law (1968).






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Patrick Dennis Bowlen (born February 18, 1944 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Prairie du Chien is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 6,018 at the 2000 census....
) is the Owner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. They are currently a member of the American Football Conference AFC West in the National Football League ....
. He purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser
Edgar Kaiser

Edgar F. Kaiser, Jr is a Canada financier and a former owner of the Denver Broncos American football team. He is the grandson of shipbuilding industrialist Henry J....
 in 1984 and saved the team from possible bankruptcy.

Biography

Pat's father, Paul D. Bowlen, became a millionaire in the Canadian oil business, founding Regent Oil as a wildcatter. Bowlen attended the University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public university research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma....
 and earned degrees in business (1965) and law (1968). The younger Bowlen became wealthy in his own right by becoming a successful lawyer in Edmonton, Alberta. He also worked as an executive for his father's company and as a real estate developer.

Bowlen is an initiated member of the Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha

Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity is an international, secret, social, Greek alphabet, college fraternities and sororities. It was founded at 47 West The Range at the University of Virginia in the United States on Sunday evening, March 1 1868....
 International Fraternity. He was initiated by the University of Oklahoma, Beta Omicron chapter in 1963. He is a member of the bar association and law society of Alberta, Canada. Bowlen is also one of the largest donors to the University of Denver
University of Denver

The University of Denver , founded in 1864 is the oldest private university university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. The University of Denver is a coeducational, four-year university in Denver, Colorado, Colorado....
.

Denver Broncos owner

Over the last several years, Bowlen and the Broncos have been involved in several legal battles against one-time owner Edgar Kaiser. In 2004, Bowlen agreed to sell retired football legend John Elway
John Elway

John Albert Elway, Jr. is a retired American football quarterback. He played his college football at Stanford Cardinal football and his entire professional career for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League ....
 a ten percent share in the team. However, Kaiser sued, claiming a breach of contract. Kaiser asserted that he had a right of first refusal if any deal is made involving franchise ownership. Bowlen won in court, but Elway backed out after the high profile case. In 2006, a jury again ruled in favor of Bowlen's ownership after another challenge from Kaiser.

On December 30, 2008, Broncos head coach and Vice President of Football Operations Mike Shanahan
Mike Shanahan

Michael Edward Shanahan is a former American football head coach, most recently for the Denver Broncos. He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in Super Bowl XXXII and Super Bowl XXXIII....
 was fired by Bowlen after a 14-year tenure as the head coach. Bowlen stated he wanted his team to go in a different direction. He undertook a search over two weeks and eventually chose Josh McDaniels who at the time was the offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, as the new head coach of the Denver Broncos. On February 12th, 2009 Bowlen appointed Brian Xanders as the team's sole general manager and fired Jim Goodman and Jeff Goodman.

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