evidence: Entertainment Sports Football All About Clark Hunt, Chairman and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs Clark Hunt inherited ownership of the current Super Bowl champs in 2006 from Lamar Hunt, who founded the Kansas City Chiefs in 1963 By Skyler Caruso Skyler Caruso Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in 2021, but has eight years of experience working in digital publishing with a focus on entertainment and pop culture news. People Editorial Guidelines Published on December 4, 2023 06:09PM EST Close Photo: Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Clark Hunt was born into a football family. While the chairman and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs has led the reigning Super Bowl-winning team for the past two decades, he's been a part of the organization his entire life. Clark's father, Lamar Hunt, founded the Chiefs in 1963 after he moved his original team from Dallas to Kansas City. Upon Lamar's death in 2006, Clark, along with his siblings, inherited ownership of the Kansas City team. Though co-owner, Clark is the operating head of and a driving force behind the Chiefs.