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Jeanie Buss had been running the Los Angeles Lakers since her father Dr. Jerry Buss passed away in 2013, but that is about to change. It was reported on Monday that the Buss family has decided to sell their remaining 17.8% ownership stake in the Lakers to new majority owners Bob Iger and Josh Kushner.
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Jeanie Buss won't remain team governor of the Los Angeles Lakers after all.
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The Buss family, which has been primary or minority owners of the Los Angeles Lakers since 1979, will sell its current 17.8% ownership to new owners Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, according to multiple reports on Monday.
The Los Angeles Lakers organization is undergoing some major changes as Mark Walter decided to sell his majority ownership stake in the team to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner for a $12.5 billion valuation just one year after he bought the team from Jeanie and the Buss family.
The Buss family’s run with the Lakers isn’t merely winding down. It’s ending. The family has decided to sell its remaining 17.8 percent stake in the franchise to the group led by Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Monday.
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Jeanie Buss and her siblings are cashing out on the Los Angeles Lakers. The Buss family will sell their remaining 17.8 percent Lakers ownership stake to incoming owners Bob Iger and Josh Kushner.
After controlling owner Mark Walter agreed to sell his majority stake in the Lakers to Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger, the Buss family is following suit and will sell its remaining minority shares to the incoming ownership group, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
In the immediate aftermath of the shocking sale of the Los Angeles Lakers last week, it was revealed that Jeanie Buss would remain as team governor for an x-amount of years as per her original agreement with Mark Walter.
The Los Angeles Lakers are entering another stunning ownership shift, but this one feels different. Just last year, Jeanie Buss and Co. gave way to Mark Walter in a deal that valued the franchise at $10 billion.
The Los Angeles Lakers have now sold multiple times in the last couple of years as Jeanie and the Buss family first sold their majority stake to Mark Walter at a $10 billion valuation.
The Los Angeles Lakers have now sold multiple times in the last couple of years as Jeanie and the Buss family first sold their majority stake to Mark Walter at a $10 billion valuation.
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