Zygi Wilf

Zygi Wilf is an attorney and partner at Garden Homes, a family real estate development firm headquartered in New Jersey since 1954, that has built more than 100,000 homes and apartments and millions of square feet of retail centers, office buildings, and hotels. Mr. Wilf is also a partner at the Wilf Law Firm, Chairman and Principal Owner of the Minnesota Vikings Football Club LLC., co-owner of Orlando City Soccer Club and the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League.

Mr. Wilf is in his 20th season as owner/chairman of the Minnesota Vikings and has been instrumental in transforming the organization since the Wilf family purchased the club in 2005. During that time, Wilf and his brother Mark have focused on creating a world-class organization that consistently competes for championships, provides the best fan experience in the NFL, has a positive impact on the community, and grows the game of football. Under the Wilfs’ leadership, the U.S. Bank Stadium was opened in 2016, and in 2018 the Super Bowl was hosted there.

A renowned philanthropist, Mr. Wilf, through the Wilf Family Foundations, has bestowed millions in charitable donations and commitments to support a variety of causes, including Holocaust remembrance, education, arts and cultural organizations, health care, and social service organizations in New Jersey and across the United States. Mr. Wilf sits on a variety of educational and philanthropic boards, including the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New York Law School, and is a New Jersey Trustee to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.

Mr. Wilf is the son of Holocaust survivors Elizabeth and the late Joseph Wilf and emigrated from Europe to the U.S. with them in 1950 to settle in New Jersey. He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University and later graduated from New York Law School. He is a member of the New Jersey Bar. Mr. Wilf and his wife Audrey live in Short Hills, NJ, and have four children, their spouses, and 10 grandchildren.