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When American Sports Executive and Los Angeles Lakers heiress Jeanie Buss thought about her bucket list, she realized there was one important goal missing.

A daughter of Jerry Buss , who owned the Lakers and other sports businesses, she entered the family business as general manager of the Los Angeles Strings professional tennis team at She later bought the Los Angeles Blades professional roller hockey team. She served as president of the Great Western Forum before becoming vice president of the Lakers. After her father died in , his controlling ownership of the Lakers passed to his six children via a family trust, with each sibling receiving an equal vote. Born in Santa Monica, California , [1] Buss was the third of four children to Joann and Jerry Buss , and one of two daughters; she grew up with older brothers Johnny and Jim and younger sister Janie. Their parents divorced in , leaving Buss feeling emotionally abandoned.

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Buss has been in the spotlight as of late after caliming she was groped by an NBA owner. I turn around and I was so shocked. But it was like, again, if I didn't have the confidence that my dad put in me, that was a moment where I wanted to shrink and to be nothing, that I would have, you know, gotten sick and said, 'I gotta go,'" said part of her shocking statement. Given her position as the controlling owner and president of the Lakers, Buss has become somewhat of a pioneer in breaking the stigma attached to woman occupying senior positions in sport In the same conversation with Bensinger, Buss spoke about her 'controversial' nude Playboy photoshoot, explaining that it still peruses her despite having done it over twenty years ago. In fact, it was not that long ago that Buss revealed that she still has to defend her decision to participate in the shoot, and precisely why she wanted to do it in the first place. They want to judge and put me in a category. It wasn't like I was making a mistake that I didn't know what I was getting myself into. For me, I was at the maturity level that I could do it. And I was like every other model, I had to go through the test photo shoot and all that kind of stuff. It was my own personal goal, not anything to do with business or anything. Just something I wanted to do," revealed the Lakers' owner. Los Angeles Lakers.

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Jeanie also opens up about sexism faced in the workplace, the challenges of managing a family business, and the loss of her friend — and NBA icon — Kobe Bryant. We also hear from her now-husband, comedian Jay Mohr, on his battle with addiction, and get a sneak peek at how his experiences have integrated into his stand-up routine. Later, we tag along to the Lakers home opener, where we run into some Hollywood celebrities. Jeanie also shares her unique distaste for travel, her unwavering support of the movie theater industry, and childhood memories of father-daughter movie marathons. Jeanie Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, recalls early career moments, from sitting in on World Team Tennis meetings as a teenager to working rigorous hour days as president of the Great West Forum. She attributes her success to both her ambition and the empowerment she received from her father, Dr. Jerry Buss.

Jeanie buss playboy

About midway through a wide-ranging podcast interview, Jeanie Buss was asked about Kobe Bryant — about how proud she must be of the way the Lakers franchise handled his sudden death and how the team responded to it. Then she told a personal story about another star. It ended suddenly when Johnson had to retire in because of an HIV diagnosis. As heartbroken as I am, one comfort that I have is that Kobe knew how much we loved him and we told him and we retired his numbers. That gives me some comfort. We never held back the celebrating the greatness that was Kobe.

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USA Today. Archived from the original on February 19, World TeamTennis folded in , and was revived in as TeamTennis. Get the stories that matter most delivered directly to your inbox without the big tech censorship. Jay Mohr. Your email address will not be published. According to Buss, "I never put my marriage first Archived from the original on Dec 22, ISBN Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. She served as president of the Great Western Forum before becoming vice president of the Lakers. Dismiss ad. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on June 26, Jerry Buss had so many teams that he had to buy his own arena , the Great Western Forum.

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