Zygi Wilf

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businessperson human real estate developer sports team owner

Zygi Wilf is an American real estate developer and principal owner of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mark Wilf	5
Zygi Wilf canonical	3
Zygi Wilf is principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1914925 — 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: Zygi Wilf
Context triple: [Minnesota Vikings, owner, Zygi Wilf]

A. Marvin Miller
Marvin Miller was a pioneering American labor leader who transformed Major League Baseball by building the players’ union into a powerful force that secured free agency, salary arbitration, and major gains in players’ rights and compensation.
B. Maurice Podoloff
Maurice Podoloff was an American sports executive best known as the first commissioner of the NBA, where he oversaw the league’s formation and early development.
C. Jack Kraft
Jack Kraft was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading Villanova University to national prominence in the 1960s and early 1970s, including a run to the 1971 NCAA championship game.
D. Bill Bidwill
Bill Bidwill was an American sports executive best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s Cardinals franchise, overseeing the team’s moves from St. Louis to Arizona.
E. Bill Maris
Bill Maris is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur best known as the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures (GV) and a prominent investor in life sciences and technology.
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: Zygi Wilf
Target entity description: Zygi Wilf is an American real estate developer and principal owner of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.

A. Marvin Miller
Marvin Miller was a pioneering American labor leader who transformed Major League Baseball by building the players’ union into a powerful force that secured free agency, salary arbitration, and major gains in players’ rights and compensation.
B. Maurice Podoloff
Maurice Podoloff was an American sports executive best known as the first commissioner of the NBA, where he oversaw the league’s formation and early development.
C. Jack Kraft
Jack Kraft was a prominent American college basketball coach best known for leading Villanova University to national prominence in the 1960s and early 1970s, including a run to the 1971 NCAA championship game.
D. Bill Bidwill
Bill Bidwill was an American sports executive best known as the longtime owner of the NFL’s Cardinals franchise, overseeing the team’s moves from St. Louis to Arizona.
E. Bill Maris
Bill Maris is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur best known as the founder and former CEO of Google Ventures (GV) and a prominent investor in life sciences and technology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ real estate developer ⓘ sports team owner ⓘ
associatedWith	Minnesota Vikings ⓘ surface form: Minnesota Vikings organization National Football League ⓘ
basedIn	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
businessField	professional sports ⓘ real estate ⓘ
businessRole	real estate developer in New Jersey ⓘ
businessStrategy	investment in real estate development and management ⓘ
coOwnerWith	Leonard Wilf ⓘ Zygi Wilf self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mark Wilf
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
ethnicBackground	Jewish ⓘ
familyBusiness	Wilf family real estate business ⓘ
familyName	Wilf ⓘ
familyRelation	member of the Wilf family ⓘ
givenName	Zygmunt ⓘ
industry	real estate industry ⓘ sports industry ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
leagueOfOwnedTeam	National Football League ⓘ
name	Zygi Wilf self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableAsset	stake in U.S. commercial and residential properties ⓘ
notableFor	ownership of the Minnesota Vikings ⓘ real estate development in the United States ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ real estate developer ⓘ sports team owner ⓘ
owns	Minnesota Vikings ⓘ
philanthropicActivity	donations to Jewish and Israeli causes ⓘ support for educational and community organizations ⓘ
position	chairman of the Minnesota Vikings ⓘ principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings ⓘ
principalOwnerOf	Minnesota Vikings ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
roleInFranchise	involved in stadium and facility development for the Minnesota Vikings ⓘ oversees business operations of the Minnesota Vikings ⓘ
sportOfOwnedTeam	American football ⓘ
teamLocationOfOwnedFranchise	Minneapolis ⓘ surface form: Minneapolis, Minnesota