Gerald Hatten “Jerry” Buss MS, Ph.D. (Born January 27, 1934) is the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers professional basketball team, along with other professional sports teams in Southern California. He was declared as a member of the 2010 induction class of Basketball Hall of Fame April 5, 2010, and was formalized as a contribution to the sport on August 13 that same year. [
Bass worked his way through the University of Wyoming, where he graduated with a bachelor degree in two and a half years in 1953. He moved to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a master's degree and doctorate. In physical chemistry the age of 24 years [2] Bass began as a chemist for the Bureau of Mines (now the Mine Safety and Health Administration); He then briefly worked in the aerospace industry and the Faculty of Chemistry, USC. Initially, he went into real estate to provide income so he could continue training. His first investment in 1960 amounted to $ 1000 in West Los Angeles apartment building. Search for great success, he pursued real estate full time. In 1979, Jerry bought Pickfair mansion in Beverly Hills estate of Mary Pickford. [2]. He was also a co-owner of the real estate company called the Mariani-Buss Associates with his longtime business partner Frank Mariani.
Bass became the owner of World Team Tennis. He bought the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA with the Los Angeles Kings hockey team from the NHL, a forum, and a large ranch with Jack Kent Cooke in 1979. The purchase price, 67.5 million, made it a big deal in the history of the sport at that time. Busse later sold the Kings, while maintaining ownership of the Lakers and the Forum. Then he reached a major agreement with the advertising of the Great Western Bank for naming rights on the forum, bringing the official name of the building were changed to Great Western Forum.
Later, when it was formed WNBA, Buss was headed by operating the Los Angeles franchise that the league, the Los Angeles Sparks. In the end, all three teams have moved to a more modern arena in Los Angeles: Staples Center, which opened in 1999. As part of the deal to move the Lakers in Staples Center, Buss sold Great Western Forum (which was later returned to its original name).
The Lakers have been very successful in the property Buss “, won ten NBA players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James worthy, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. Sparks also experienced its share of success with Buss at the helm, winning two championships WNBA.
In 2002, when the WNBA was restructured to give his team the individual owner, Buss assumed direct ownership of Sparks. He sold the team in 2006. Buss also owns the Los Angeles Lasers of the major Indoor Soccer League. Lasers also played in the forum. The team folded in 1989 and the League folded three years later.Bass was a high-stakes cash game poker player for many years, but recently it has been more active in tournament games. His best finishes include a third in the 1991 World Series of Poker Event Seven Card Stud and 2 nd place in 2003 at the World Poker Tour Freeroll Invitational. He appeared in a series of GSN High Stakes Poker and NBC nightly series Poker After Dark. He is friends with professional poker player Parimal Parmar.
In January 2008, Bass donated 7.5 million dollars in the USC Department of Chemistry fund two endowed chairs and endowed a scholarship fund for students, alumni, chemistry, two chairs were to be named in honor of his mentors at the University of Southern California, Professor Sidney Benson and David Daws. Bass is the first member of the USC College Board advisors.
