Jeanie Buss

Jeanie Buss

Jeanie Marie Buss is the controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. She is a daughter of Jerry Buss, a real estate investor who later owned the Lakers and other sports businesses. In 2020, she became the first female controlling owner to guide her team to an NBA championship.

About Jeanie Buss in brief

Summary Jeanie BussJeanie Marie Buss is the controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. She 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 LA Strings professional tennis team. Buss later became the owner of the L.A. Blades professional roller hockey team. After her father died in 2013, his controlling ownership of the Lakers passed to his six children via a trust, with each child receiving an equal vote.

She represents the Lakers on the NBA Board of Governors. In 2020, she became the first female controlling owner to guide her team to an NBA championship. She posed nude for the May 1995 issue of Playboy. She was engaged to New York Knicks President Phil Jackson, whom she began dating in December 1999. On December 27, 2016, Jackson announced the termination of their engagement, and Buss filed for divorce.