At the head of a once almost moribund organization, Joe Lacob has made the Golden State Warriors a winning franchise that has accumulated success for a decade now in the NBA.
In 2019, the Warriors were awarded Sports Concession of the Decade and the team still poses a threat reminiscent of the good years of the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls.
Building on the success of his basketball team, now the American billionaire is interested in the Los Angeles Angels. Although a native of Massachusetts, the businessman sold peanuts at Angels games for a few years and has never stopped following the team’s activities since, although his main interest has turned to another professional sport.
By becoming the owner of the Angels, would Lacob manage to make this team, which has been struggling to meet the expectations of its supporters for many years, the Warriors of Major League Baseball?
In addition to performing well on the hardwood floor, the Warriors were named Stanford University’s Best Entrepreneurial Company in 2016. This means that the dealership does not only stand out on the sporting level, but masters many other aspects such as the use of technologies and the customer (fan) experience. That’s no small thing considering that Google, Apple, and Amazon have also received this badge of honor from the university.
Joe Lacob made his fortune at Kleiner Perkins, an American venture capital firm specializing in investing in incubation, start-up and growth companies.
Today, the businessman is making his mark in the world of sport and his success in the NBA gives him an appetite for baseball, a sport that rocked his childhood.
The Angels would need a conductor like him who knew how to lead a concession that was ripping to the highest peaks. With Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani in their ranks, this team needs to take advantage of a window of opportunity that doesn’t come along often in a lifetime.
Of course, a project to acquire a concession valued at three billion dollars is not done with the cry of scissors, but the fact that a man who has known success in a parallel sphere is associated with it, makes it possible. .
Plus, Lacob has the wherewithal to match his ambitions, and by teaming up with the right people, he could make the Angels attractive both sportingly and business-wise. Angels fans can start dreaming again.
