Who owns the Eagles?

Jeffrey Lurie, grandson of drive-in movie theater mogul Philip Smith, has owned the Philadelphia franchise since 1994. In that time, the Eagles have been more successful than they had been in the three decades prior.

Nineteen of the team's 27 playoff appearances since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger have come during Lurie's ownership tenure, including four NFC championships and the franchise's lone Super Bowl win.

This year, the Eagles are back in the Super Bowl for the second time in three years – and third time in the last eight seasons. Should they win it all again, Lurie would be the first person to raise the Lombardi Trophy.

Here's what to know about the Eagles' owner:

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Who owns the Philadelphia Eagles?

Lurie and his mother, Nancy Lurie Marks, bought the Eagles from Norman Braman in 1994 for $195 million. Of that money, $190 million was borrowed from the Bank of Boston, using personal stocks and stocks from their family trust as equity and collateral, according to Ray Didinger and Robert S. Lyons' "The Eagles Encyclopedia."

He has owned a majority of the Eagles ever since, making 2025 his 32nd year in charge of the team.

Lurie, who grew up a Patriots fan in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, had previously tried to buy his favorite team one year earlier before eventually dropping out of the bidding.

In 2005, his 11th year owning the Eagles, Lurie had to watch his childhood team beat Philadelphia in Super Bowl 39. He and the Eagles got their revenge 13 years later with a Super Bowl 52 win against the Patriots.

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Jeffrey Lurie net worth

According to Forbes, Lurie is worth $5.3 billion as of Wednesday, Jan. 29.

Jeffrey Lurie's other ventures

Outside of his duties as an NFL owner, Lurie is also involved in the film industry.

Lurie's grandfather, Philip Smith, founded General Cinema, a movie theater company that folded into AMC Theatres in the early 1990s. Lurie worked there as an executive for a couple of years before founding his own production company, Chestnut Hill Productions, which produced a handful of movies and TV shows.

The Eagles' owner has continued to stay involved in Hollywood since buying the NFL team in 1994. He's been credited as the executive producer on several documentaries, including three that won Academy Awards: "Inside Job," a movie about the 2007-08 financial crisis; "Inocente," a short film about a 15-year-old girl from California chasing her artist dreams despite being homeless and an undocumented immigrant; and "Summer of Soul," a feature film about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Philadelphia Eagles owner: What to know about Jeffrey Lurie