Jeanie Buss Biography
Jeanie Buss is an American sports executive who is the controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as the co-owner and promoter of the Women of Wrestling promotion in the United States.
Jeanie Buss Age
Buss was born Jeanie Marie Buss on September 26, 1961, in Santa Monica, California, United States of America. She is 61 years old as of September 2022.
Jeanie Buss Education
After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Southern California (USC), where she earned an honors degree in business.
Jeanie Buss Height
Jeanie stands at a height of 5’5″ (165 cm) tall.
Jeanie Buss Family- Parents
Buss was born and raised, in Santa Monica, California, USA, the daughter of Jerry Buss and JoAnn Mueller. She has two older brothers, Johnny and Jim, and a younger sister, Janie. She also has two half-brothers from her father’s relationship with Karen Demel: Joey and Jesse.
Jeanie Engaged- Married- Kids
Buss married volleyball player Steve Timmons in 1990, but the couple divorced three years later. After dating him since December 1999, she was engaged to former Lakers coach and former New York Knicks President Phil Jackson for four years. Jackson ended their engagement on December 27, 2016, citing “professional obligations and geographic distance.” Buss announced on Twitter in September 2021 that she was dating comedian Jay Mohr. They allegedly started dating in 2017. Jeanie Buss and Jay Mohr announced their engagement on December 21, 2022.
Jeanie Buss Career
Jerry took over ownership of the new Strings, a Team Tennis team, and appointed Jeanie Buss as general manager. She was 19 years old and a student at the University of Southern California at the time (USC). She was in charge of the franchise for a little more than a decade, until it folded in 1993. Buss then founded the Los Angeles Blades in 1993 to bring professional roller hockey to Los Angeles. The franchise competed in the Roller Hockey International league, where she was named Executive of the Year.
Buss was the president of the Great Western Forum, which was the Lakers’ home arena at the time. Her influence with the Lakers grew while she worked at the Forum. She joined the Lakers as executive vice president of business operations in 1999. In 2005, her brother Jim was appointed vice president of player personnel. Their father wanted Buss to eventually run the team’s business and Jim to manage the basketball side. Sporting News named her one of the Top 20 Most Influential Women in Sports in 2005. She was hailed by Forbes as “one of the few powerful women in sports management”.
She was supposed to be the Lakers’ governor and team representative at NBA Board of Governors meetings, positions Jerry held when he was alive, according to Jerry’s succession plan. She took over as president of the Lakers in 2013-14. On February 21, 2017, Jeanie Buss fired Mitch Kupchak as general manager and accepted Jim’s resignation as VP of Basketball Operations. She later named Magic Johnson as President of Basketball Operations. She later appointed sports agent Rob Pelinka as general manager. Buss and David McLane co-founded Women of Wrestling (WoW) in 2000. ‘Laker Girl,’ her memoir, was co-written with Steve Springer. Triumph Books first published the book in 2010.
Jeanie Buss’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 500 million dollars as of 2022.