Rockets owner Leslie Alexander pledges $10 million to Hurricane Harvey relief
Posted on | August 29, 2017 | No Comments
Rockets owner Leslie Alexander pledges $10 million to Hurricane Harvey relief
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner established the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund in response to inquiries from those hoping to aid victims of the floods that continue to ravage the nation’s fourth-largest city, and Rockets owner Leslie Alexander responded with a $10 million contribution to the charity effort.
Leslie L. Alexander was born in 1944, to a Jewish family in New Jersey.[3][4] In 1965, he graduated from New York University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and later earned his juris doctor from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.[5][6]
Alexander began his career as an attorney. From 1978 to 2009, he was a member of the California State Bar.[7] His first job was trading options and bonds for the Wall Street firm, Lawrence Kotkin Associates.[4] In 1980, he left to form his own investment company, The Alexander Group.[4] He also owns an 18.5% stake in First Marblehead, a private student loan company.[8]
In 2008, Alexander was listed by Forbes magazine as the best owner in the NBA.[9]
In 1998, Alexander attempted to purchase and relocate the National Hockey League‘s Edmonton Oilers franchise, but a grassroots bid by local businessmen successfully prevented the sale.[10]
From 1997 until early 2007, Alexander was the owner of the WNBA‘s Houston Comets. The Comets won the league’s first 4 WNBA championships from 1997 to 2000. He sold the team to Hilton Koch in January 2007, one year before The Comets folded.[11]
On July 17th, 2017, the team announced that the Houston Rockets were for sale
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