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. Jerry once again owned the second incarnation of the Strings, and he appointed the 19-year-old Jeanie as the general manager while she was studying at USC. In 2020, she became the first female controlling owner to guide her team to an NBA championship, giving her six NBA titles overall as an owner/executive.

We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved. And so, like, never dawned on me that these pictures would have a life on the internet of their own and will always be out there.And she said, ‘It’s a great experience, but always be prepared wherever you are, somebody’s gonna approach you with the magazine to sign it. When American Sports Executive and Los Angeles Lakers heiress Jeanie Buss thought about her bucket list, she realized there was one important goal missing. According to Buss, the team did not go through a public interview process to hire a GM because she did not want to tip off her brother, as the siblings were in a legal battle over control of the team. I’ll bet at least one of you just considered digging around your house for a May ’95 Playboy for Jeanie to sign. After her father died in 2013, his 66% controlling ownership of the Lakers passed to his six children via a trust, with each child receiving an equal vote.

As Lakers owner Jeanie Buss told me recently on the 'Tampering' podcast, the covert nature of it all was necessary for her to keep her brother and former Lakers executive Jim Buss from wrestling away controlling interest of the franchise.

And she said, 'It's a great experience but always be prepared wherever you are, somebody's gonna approach you with the magazine to sign it when you least expect it. Buss also served four years as president of the Great Western Forum, then the home arena of the Lakers. She is forthcoming about her childhood, her many relationships, and professional life, sprinkled with lessons she has learned through the years.