[4] In 1991, the year following the championship, she sold the Penguins to assist the DeBartolo Corporation, which was facing challenges in the aftermath of the real estate collapse of 1987.
[5][6] Denise became operating head of the 49ers in 1999 after her brother, Eddie Jr., was convicted of failing to tell authorities that former Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards attempted to extort him.
[7] Despite a years-long perception that the league forced the transaction, Eddie revealed in a 2016 interview that he decided to give the 49ers to his sister and brother-in-law to focus on his family.
[9] On May 24, 2018, the York family via 49ers Enterprises (the business arm of the NFL side San Francisco 49ers.
[10][11]) bought shares in English association football club Leeds United to become a minority investor.