
He is also the team representative at league owner meetings. Clark Hunt, one of the Hunt's children, has served as chairman and CEO since 2006 and is the ultimate authority over personnel decisions. After Norma's death in 2023, the Hunt children inherited her stake in the franchise. Following Hunt's death in 2006, his wife, Norma, and children became legal owners of the team. The Chiefs joined the NFL as a result of the merger in 1970, and the team is valued at over $3.7 billion. In spring 1963, the team relocated to Kansas City, and assumed its current name. The team was founded in 1959 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt, and was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL).

The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
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