- Source of Wealth: Football
- Age: 40
- Birth Place: Chester, England
- Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Weight: N/A
- Marital Status: Married (Louise Bonsall)
- Full Name: Michael James Owen
- Nationality: British
- Date of Birth: 14 December 1979
- Ethnicity: English
- Occupation: Professional Football Player
- Education: Hawarden High School
- Children: 4 (Gemma, James Michael, Emily May, Jessica)
English professional footballer of Welsh descent, Michael James Owen has a net worth of $68 million. He plays as a Striker for Manchester United. The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997. His high-earning and high-scoring days look to be behind him, as the Manchester United striker is on a pay-as-you-play deal, which expires at the end of this season. He scored 158 times for Liverpool before moving to Real Madrid in 2004.
Owen returned to England a year later and spent four years at Newcastle United, where he earned £110,000 a week. Off-field, he has a deal with Umbro worth £2m a year, and endorsement deals including Jaguar and Tissot, the watchmaker. His company Owen Promotions showed £7.5 million net assets in its most recent 2010-11 accounts. He shares a love of horses with his club manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, and jointly owns Manor House Stables in Malpas, Cheshire, with Andrew Black, the co-founder of Betfair. Manor House has 90 horses in training and produced 51 winners in 2011, generating £585,000 of prize money, including Brown Panther, the winner of the King George V handicap at Royal Ascot in June 2011.