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Joe Lacob removed from category ← Previous revision Revision as of 00:04, 25 June 2016 Line 1: Line 1: − {{Infobox NBA biography   − | name = Joe Lacob   − | image = Joe_Lacob_in_2011.jpg   − | caption = Lacob attends the Golden State Warriors' game at Oracle Arena on December 25, 2011.   − | width = 200   − | team = Golden State Warriors   − | position = Owner   − | league = [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]   − | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|1|10}}   − | birth_place = [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]   − | nationality = American   −   − }}   −   − '''Joseph Steven Lacob'''<ref>http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/ind_detail/LACOB%7CJOSEPH+STEVEN%7CWOODSIDE%7CCA%7C94062%7C/</ref> (born January 10, 1956) is a partner at [[Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Andrew|title=New owner Lacob is passionate about Warriors and making sure Lebron doesn't win anything|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=July 16, 2010|url=http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-07-16/news/21985579_1_warriors-green-tech-kleiner-perkins-caufield}}</ref> and the majority owner of the [[Golden State Warriors]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).<ref>{{cite web|last=Howard-Cooper|first=Scott|date=October 19, 2010|url=http://www.nba.com/seasonpreview/2010/GSW/index.html|title=Warriors hope Lee, new philosophy mean return to playoffs|work=NBA.com}}</ref> Under Lacob's ownership, the Golden State Warriors won the 2014-2015 NBA championship.   −     ==Early life==   ==Early life==   Lacob grew up in a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>[http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7056389/the-winter-jerry-west ESPN Grantland: "The Winter of Jerry West - Catching up with The Logo at his home in West Virginia" By Jonathan Abrams] October 5, 2011</ref> in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]. His father worked at a paper products company, his mother at a local supermarket. His favorite team in boyhood was the [[Boston Celtics]] of the NBA. When he was 14, the company that employed his father was sold. The only worker the new owners retained was his dad. The Lacob family relocated to [[Anaheim, California]] and Joe switched his allegiance to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]].<ref name=thompson_march2011>{{cite news |last=Thompson II |first=Marcus |title=Lacob's dream comes true -- partially |date=March 11, 2011 |newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/warriors/ci_17588444?nclick_check=1 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5x7Bn7MW2 |archivedate=March 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Marcia C. |title=Orange County boy returns to area as part owner of Celtics |date=June 12, 2008 |url=http://www.ocregister.com/sports/lacob-64640-celtics-team.html |accessdate=March 11, 2008}}</ref>   Lacob grew up in a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>[http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7056389/the-winter-jerry-west ESPN Grantland: "The Winter of Jerry West - Catching up with The Logo at his home in West Virginia" By Jonathan Abrams] October 5, 2011</ref> in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]. His father worked at a paper products company, his mother at a local supermarket. His favorite team in boyhood was the [[Boston Celtics]] of the NBA. When he was 14, the company that employed his father was sold. The only worker the new owners retained was his dad. The Lacob family relocated to [[Anaheim, California]] and Joe switched his allegiance to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]].<ref name=thompson_march2011>{{cite news |last=Thompson II |first=Marcus |title=Lacob's dream comes true -- partially |date=March 11, 2011 |newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/warriors/ci_17588444?nclick_check=1 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5x7Bn7MW2 |archivedate=March 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Marcia C. |title=Orange County boy returns to area as part owner of Celtics |date=June 12, 2008 |url=http://www.ocregister.com/sports/lacob-64640-celtics-team.html |accessdate=March 11, 2008}}</ref>