Amy Adams Strunk

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Amy Adams Strunk
Houston, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Occupation(s)Controlling owner of the Tennessee Titans, co-chairman of board of directors
SpouseBill Hunt
Children3
American football career
Tennessee Titans
Position:Principal owner
Career history
As an executive:

Amy Adams Strunk (born September 29, 1955) is an American businesswoman best known as the controlling owner of the National Football League's Tennessee Titans. The daughter of the late owner Bud Adams, Strunk owns half of the Titans franchise, with Susan Lewis, the widow of her brother, and her sons Kenneth S. Adams IV and Barclay Adams owning the remaining half. The team is currently owned under the banner of KSA Industries, which also owns many of Bud Adams' businesses, including a controlling stake of Adams Resources & Energy.[2] Before Strunk took over as controlling owner in 2015, the role belonged to her sister, Susie Adams Smith, whose husband Tommy Smith was team president and CEO.

Early career

Strunk initially attended Pine Manor College but transferred after a year to the University of Texas at Austin,[1] graduating with a degree in history. Born into a wealthy family of oil entrepreneurs and business executives, including ancestors K. S. "Boots" Adams and W. W. Keeler, Strunk is also involved with her family's other businesses, which includes Bud Adams Ranches, Inc., and is also the president of Kenada Fox Hounds, a fox-hunting organization, and the Little River Oil and Gas Company.[3]

Owner of the Titans

Strunk initially inherited a third of the Tennessee Titans on her father's death, with another third going to her sister, Susie Adams Smith, and the last third to be split equally between Susan Lewis, widow of their brother Kenneth S. Adams III (who died in 1987),[1] and her sons Kenneth S. Adams IV and Barclay Adams.[4] Following two tumultuous years with Smith as controlling owner and her husband Tommy as the chairman, the family decided to pass the mantle down to Strunk.

Within a couple of years, Strunk and Kenneth IV hired longtime business partner Steve Underwood to replace Tommy Smith as team president and CEO and replaced general manager

2019 NFL Draft.[7] After bringing the Draft to Nashville, Adams was awarded the 2019 Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.[8] On December 12, 2020, it was announced that Susie Adams Smith would sell her share of the Titans to the family-owned KSA Industries.[9]
This gives Amy Adams Strunk 50% share of the team, with the other 50% still owned by her nephews, Kenneth Adams IV and Barclay Adams, and Susan Lewis, their mother. Amy Adams Strunk retains controlling ownership.

Unlike her father, Strunk and her nephew have been actively involved with promoting the Titans around Nashville and have been more receptive to feedback from fans and the team's other shareholders.[1]

Other NFL female owners

Other female owners in the NFL include Sheila Ford Hamp (Detroit Lions), Virginia Halas McCaskey (Chicago Bears), Kim Pegula (Buffalo Bills), Carol Davis (Las Vegas Raiders), Denise DeBartolo York (San Francisco 49ers), Gayle Benson (New Orleans Saints), Janice McNair (Houston Texans), Jody Allen (Seattle Seahawks), and Dee Haslam (Cleveland Browns).[10]

Personal life

Strunk is an avid

fox hunter.[11] Her first marriage ended in divorce in 1990, following a long period of depression that followed her brother's suicide.[1] Her second husband, cattle breeder Tim Strunk, died in a 1997 auto accident.[1] Her current husband Bill Hunt is a former commercial airline pilot. They have residences in Waller, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee.[6]
She has three grown children from two previous marriages, Tracy Thompson, Tommy Thompson, and Blanche Strunk.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Schoenfeld, Bruce (November 5, 2018). "Amy Adams Strunk brought her father's team back to life". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. ^ 2018 Proxy statement
  3. ^ a b Kuharsky, Paul (March 26, 2015). "So who is Amy Adams Strunk?". ESPN. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "Titans to remain in control of Adams family after owner Amy Adams Strunk's sister sells share of team". NFL.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ Wyatt, Jim (March 25, 2015). "Goodell: Working to get Titans under 'proper ownership structure'". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Amy Adams Strunk". Tennessee Titans. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Knoblauch, Austin (May 23, 2018). "Nashville, Tennessee Titans to host 2019 NFL Draft". NFL.com. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  8. ^ Wyatt, Jim (June 14, 2019). "Titans Owner Amy Adams Strunk to be Recognized as 2019 Tennessean of the Year at Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday". TennesseeTitans.com. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Titans to remain in control of Adams family after owner Amy Adams Strunk's sister sells share of team". NFL.com. December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  10. ^ McClain, John (March 29, 2019). "Texans owner Janice McNair: 'You play to win'". HoustonChronicle.com.
  11. ^ Lang, Anne (September 24, 2009). "Kenada Fox Hounds Honors The Sport With Tradition And A Hearty Dose Of Texas Flair". The Chronicle of the Horse. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
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