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Jeanie Buss is one of the richest Sports Executive from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeanie Buss's net worth $500 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
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She graduated from the University of Southern California with an honors degree in business.
A 2005 issue of Sporting News included her on a list of the “Top 20 Most Influential Women in Sports.”
Jeanie Marie Buss (born September 26, 1961) is an American sports executive who is the controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Buss is a daughter of Jerry Buss, a real estate investor who later owned the Lakers and other sports businesses. At age 19, she started in the family business as general manager of the Los Angeles Strings professional tennis team. Buss later became the owner of the Los Angeles Blades professional roller hockey team. She was also president of the Great Western Forum before becoming vice president of the Lakers. After Buss’s father died in 2013, his controlling ownership of the Lakers passed to his six children via a family trust, with each sibling receiving an equal vote. Buss took over as team president and represents the Lakers on the NBA Board of Governors.
| Net Worth | $500 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Sports Executive |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Buss married volleyball player Steve Timmons in 1990, but divorced after three years. According to Buss, “I never put my marriage first … It was always business which attracted me.” She posed nude in the May 1995 issue of Playboy. She was engaged to former Lakers coach and former New York Knicks President Phil Jackson, whom she began dating in December 1999. On December 27, 2016, Jackson released a statement announcing the termination of their engagement.
Buss terminated Mitch Kupchak as General Manager and accepted the resignation of her brother Jim as VP of Basketball Operations on February 21, 2017, installing Magic Johnson as President of Basketball Operations. Johnson, who played for the Lakers from 1979–91 and in 1996, had also served as VP, coach, and part-owner of the organization. Buss would then hire sports agent Rob Pelinka to be the new general manager.
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