The Pegula family issued a statement on Tuesday saying: “Kim is receiving medical treatment as a result of some unexpected health problems. We are very grateful for the progress she has made in recent days. She has an excellent team of medical experts. We ask you to keep Kim and our family in your prayers and we ask you to respect our need for privacy. “ Pegula, 53, is president and CEO of Pegula Sports and Entertainment. She oversees the business operations of Bills and Sabers and is the first female president of an NFL and NHL team. Kim and Terry Pegula, 71, bought the Bills in 2014 after owning the Sabers in 2011. Kim Pegula has been a public advocate of increasing diversity in the NFL and NHL and is on the NFL Workplace Diversity Committee. Pegula also serves on the NFL Super Bowl and Major Events Advisory Committee, the Business Enterprise Committee, and the NFL Foundation Committee. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Pegula was adopted at the age of 5 by a Canadian family based in Fairport, New York, east of Rochester. She later attended Houghton College, living her entire early life in western New York. The Pegulas also own the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League and the Rochester Americans of the AHL. An agreement was reached this year for a new $ 1.4 billion stage that will keep the Bills in New York’s Orchard Park for the immediate future on a 30-year lease. Together with Commissioner Roger Goodell, the Peguls visited the site of a racist shooting that killed 10 people at an East Buffalo supermarket last month. The Peguls have five children: Jessica, Kelly, Matthew, Michael and Laura. The family did not provide further details on Kim Pegula’s condition and neither group gave further comments. ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg contributed to this report.
