tennis Superstar Jessica pigula has become a household name but her love for sports began long before her rise to the 2024 US Open finals growing up in a family deeply entrenched in professional sports Jessica's parents Terry and Kim pigula have owned both the NHL's Buffalo sabes and the NFL's Buffalo Bills for years despite their high-profile Ventures the pulas have always been Jessica's biggest fans we always say she's our first sports team and our favorite Kim shared in a 2019 interview reflecting their unwavering support for their daughter though her parents are billionaires Jessica has Shrugged off assumptions of a privileged lifestyle in a candid moment during a US Open Press Conference in September 2024 she laughed off rumors of living with Butlers and chauffeur-driven limos I'm definitely not like that she said people can think what they want but maybe I should is that what you want me to do born and raised in Pennsylvania Jessica's father Terry built a successful career as an entrepreneur after earning his degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Penn State he founded East resources Inc in 1983 with a modest loan of $7,500 by 2010 he had sold most of the company's assets for an impressive 4.7 billion dollar setting the stage for his entry into the Sports World in 2011 he purchased the Buffalo Sabres and 3 years later he secured ownership of the Buffalo Bills Kim pegula's story is equally inspiring born in Soul South Korea and adopted at the age of five she grew up in New York before meeting Terry with whom she would build a family and a business Legacy however in June 2022 Kim suffered a major health scare when she went into cardiac arrest which led to brain damage and memory loss Jessica later opened up about her mother's condition describing Kim as the driving force behind her father's success and a beloved figure to many Jessica who married gagan in 2021 chooses to keep her personal life relatively private her husband a managing partner at agarwood wealth and draco's capital also supports Jessica's Ventures including her skin care line ready 24 and her charitable Foundation a lending paw in addition to Jessica the pegula family includes two other children Kelly and Matthew who are frequent supporters at Buffalo Bills games and cheer on their sister during her biggest tennis moments Jessica also has two half siblings Michael and Laura from her father's first marriage as Jessica continues to make waves in the tennis world her close-knit family family remains her biggest source of strength and inspiration