Philip Anschutz
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Philip Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive investments in energy, railroads, real estate, and sports and entertainment ventures, including ownership stakes in major professional teams and venues.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Anschutz canonical | 30 |
| Philip F. Anschutz | 2 |
| Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz | 1 |
| Philip Anschutz (backing and ownership) | 1 |
| Philip Frederick Anschutz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T222309 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Anschutz Context triple: [Philip F. Anschutz Trophy, namedAfter, Philip Anschutz]
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A.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
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B.
Gordon Getty
Gordon Getty is an American billionaire investor, philanthropist, and classical music composer, and a son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.
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C.
James L. Dolan
James L. Dolan is an American businessman and executive best known as the head of Madison Square Garden Sports and Entertainment, overseeing teams like the New York Knicks and New York Rangers.
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D.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
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E.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, and a prominent philanthropist in education and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Anschutz Target entity description: Philip Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive investments in energy, railroads, real estate, and sports and entertainment ventures, including ownership stakes in major professional teams and venues.
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A.
Carl Icahn
Carl Icahn is an American billionaire investor and corporate raider known for his aggressive activist investing strategies and significant influence on Wall Street.
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B.
Gordon Getty
Gordon Getty is an American billionaire investor, philanthropist, and classical music composer, and a son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.
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C.
James L. Dolan
James L. Dolan is an American businessman and executive best known as the head of Madison Square Garden Sports and Entertainment, overseeing teams like the New York Knicks and New York Rangers.
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D.
Barry Diller
Barry Diller is an American media and internet executive known for building major entertainment and digital companies, including leading Fox’s early expansion and later chairing IAC.
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E.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman is an American billionaire businessman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, and a prominent philanthropist in education and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
billionaire
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ investor ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| coOwnerOf | Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-12-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Kansas ⓘ |
| familyName |
Anschutz
ⓘ
linked to:
Anschutz Entertainment Group
|
| fieldOfWork |
energy industry
ⓘ
railroad industry ⓘ real estate ⓘ sports and entertainment ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| founded |
Anschutz Corporation
ⓘ
Anschutz Entertainment Group ⓘ |
| givenName | Philip ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Elizabeth Anschutz
ⓘ
Phillip Anschutz Jr. ⓘ Sarah Anschutz ⓘ |
| hasWritten | Out Where the West Begins (as publisher/author credit on historical works) ⓘ |
| industry |
media and telecommunications
ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ railroads ⓘ real estate development ⓘ sports and live entertainment ⓘ |
| knownFor |
building a global sports and entertainment empire
ⓘ
large-scale investments in energy and railroads ⓘ philanthropic donations to conservative and Christian causes ⓘ |
| memberOf | Republican Party (United States) donor network ⓘ |
| name |
Philip Frederick Anschutz
ⓘ
linked to:
Philip Anschutz
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| netWorth | multiple billions of US dollars ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of Anschutz Entertainment Group ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ investor ⓘ sports team owner ⓘ |
| ownerOf |
Anschutz Corporation
ⓘ
Anschutz Entertainment Group ⓘ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (through Goldenvoice/AEG) ⓘ Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center) (through AEG stake) ⓘ
linked to:
Crypto.com Arena
LA Galaxy ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Kings ⓘ The O2 Arena, London (through AEG) ⓘ
linked to:
The O2 Arena
multiple Major League Soccer franchises (historically) ⓘ |
| owns |
significant land holdings in Colorado
ⓘ
significant land holdings in Wyoming ⓘ |
| philanthropicArm |
Anschutz Family Foundation
ⓘ
The Anschutz Foundation ⓘ
linked to:
Anschutz Family Foundation
|
| placeOfBirth | Russell, Kansas, United States ⓘ |
| religion |
Evangelical Presbyterian (commonly described as conservative Christian)
ⓘ
linked to:
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
|
| residence | Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Nancy Anschutz ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Philip Anschutz Description of subject: Philip Anschutz is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist known for his extensive investments in energy, railroads, real estate, and sports and entertainment ventures, including ownership stakes in major professional teams and venues.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Philip Anschutz
linked to: Philip Anschutz
linked to: Philip Anschutz
subject linked to:
Out Where the West Begins (as publisher/author credit on historical works)
subject linked to:
Out Where the West Begins (as publisher/author credit on historical works)
linked to: Philip Anschutz
subject linked to:
Anschutz family
subject linked to:
Anschutz family
linked to: Philip Anschutz