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Frank H. McCourt Jr. (born August 14, 1953) is an American business executive and philanthropist. [1] [2] As of 2023, he is the executive chairman and former CEO of McCourt Global, [3] owner of major French football club Olympique de Marseille and founder and executive chairman of international non-profit Project Liberty. [3]
Anschutz is the principal owner of the Los Angeles Kings. He was a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers before selling his stake in the Lakers to Todd Boehly and Mark Walter in 2021. Through ASM Global (formerly AEG), he owns stakes in venues including Crypto.com Arena and O2 Arena.
Rickey, O'Malley & Smith buy out the Ebbets Estate [1] 11: Walter O'Malley, Mrs. Smith and James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey: 1950–1958: James Smith dies, leaving his shares to his wife; O'Malley buys out Rickey [1] 12: Walter O'Malley and James Mulvey & Dearie Mulvey: 1958–1975: Dodgers move to Los Angeles, Mrs. Smith sells her shares to O ...
The Bankers Building in Los Angeles (now called the Los Angeles Jewelry Center) By 1954, Garrett was worth $1.5 million. [2] He proposed a deal to Black businessman Joseph B. Morris, that they purchase real estate together. Morris was a UCLA graduate who had once owned two nightclubs. [3]
The 2011–12 Los Angeles Dodgers ownership dispute was a period of turmoil at the management level of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, which began when Major League Baseball (MLB) seized control of the team from owner Frank McCourt on April 20, 2011. The following dispute over ownership of the franchise was not resolved until the team was ...
In 1892–1893 Ferguson was the complainant in an unsuccessful suit against the City of Los Angeles to halt the sale of bonds that financed the purchase of the private Los Angeles Water Company, eventually turning it into a municipal utility. [2] He was on the first board of directors of the Union Bank of Savings in Los Angeles in 1893. [3]
In 1951, [2] he borrowed $800 ($9,375 in 2024) from a local banker to buy a truck which he then used to sell sandwiches to migrant farm workers in the San Joaquin Valley. [1] He invested his earnings in real estate and at the suggestion of his tax accountants, started to build apartments. [ 1 ]
Arturo "Arte" Moreno (born August 14, 1946) is an American businessman. On May 15, 2003 he became the first Mexican-American to own a major sports team in the United States when he purchased the Anaheim Angels baseball team from the Walt Disney Company.