Gayle Marie LaJaunie Bird Benson was born on January 26, 1947, in Algiers, New Orleans. She is American. Gayle Benson is an entrepreneur, sports franchise owner of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League and New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.
This makes her a billionaire. Gayle Benson is the first woman to have majority shares of the voting stock in both an NFL and NBA franchise.
She inherited the ownership of these sports teams after the death of her husband, Tom Benson. Gayle Benson has been married thrice. Her first husband was Nace Anthony which ended in divorce in 1972.
Her second husband was Thomas Bird, also known as T-Bird. They got married on February 14, 1977, in Louisiana but they got a divorce ten years later.
T-Bird was in the interior decorating business. So when Gayle was married to him, they were involved in the interior decoration business. The couple renovated about a hundred properties during their ten years together.