' life is an example of hard work and persistence, the same qualities that have led him to become a successful CEO and entrepreneur, as well as the owner of one of the most popular teams, the , not to mention a that is hard to match. Although he was born in Los Angeles, California in 1942, Jones spent his childhood in North Little Rock, Arkansas and from that time he knew that football was one of his greatest passions and played on scholarship at the as an offensive lineman, in addition to being co-captain of the team. After graduating in 1965 and failing in his attempt to open Shakey's Pizza restaurants in Missouri after borrowing $1 million, he began working as executive vice president at his father's insurance agency, .
After trying to set up other businesses and even having a first approach with the NFL by pretending to buy the , Jones got his MBA and founded , a company that searches for oil and gas natural resources in Arkansas, with which he accumulated a huge amount of money. Cowboys crystallize Jones' dream His long-held desire to own an NFL team came true in 1989, when he bought the for around and among his first decisions as owner was to fire legendary coach , the only one who had held that position until then. Jones hired , his former Arkansas teammate, as the new coach and after two difficult seasons (1-15 in 1989 and 7-9 in 1990), in 1991 the Cowboys returned to the playoffs and in 1992 won the third in their history, repeating with the Vince Lombardi Trophy tit.
