Bombazo in the NBA: The Buss family, owner of Los Angeles Lakers Since 1979, he will sell his majority participation in the franchise to billionaire Mark Walter, current owner of the MLB dodgersaccording to Shams Charania (ESPN).
The operation values the Lakers in $ 10,000 milliona record figure in the history of professional sport, exceeding the $ 6,100 million that were paid for the Boston Celtics in March.
Walter, Guggenheim Partners Global and Executive CEO, already had a minority participation in the Lakers since 2021 and had preferential right to acquire 66% of the equipment if it was put on sale.
Jeanie Buss will continue as governor of the Lakers
Although the Buss family emerges from the most shareholding, Jeanie Buss will continue as governor of the franchise after the end of the process. Daughter of the legendary Jerry Buss, Jeanie took control in 2017 and was the main figure during title 17 of the Lakers in 2020.
The Buss family had acquired the team in 1979 for $ 67.5 million, and under Jerry’s leadership, the Lakers won 10 NBA championships until their death in 2013.
Mark Walter, a sport giant in Los Angeles
With this purchase, Walter consolidates its sports domain in the city of Los Angeles. In 2012, he led the acquisition of the Dodgers for $ 2 billion, then a record in MLB. Since then, the club has won two world series and signed to the Japanese phenomenon Shhehei Ohtani for $ 700 million in 2023, the highest contract in the history of sport until Juan Soto signed for $ 765 million with the METS this year.
