2023 World Baseball Classic is happening and here’s how you can watch it. : There is more money riding on baseball than ever before. And America’s richest businessmen have all looked at the sport with a kind eye and an even kinder wallet. Steve Cohen, a billionaire hedge fund manager with a net worth of over $13 billion, failed in his attempts to purchase the New York Mets. Had he succeeded, Cohen would have become the richest team owner in Major League Baseball (MLB), a sport that has historically attracted America’s wealthiest.