With the NBA playoffs starting, you’ve probably added «own a professional monfy team» to your list of goals. Here’s how the league’s current owners earned the cash to make it happen. The original purchase in included the Atlanta Thrashers, but they sold off the hockey team in and the new ownership moved the team to Winnipeg. Gearon started a telecommunications company when he was 25 and sold it oners American Tower, a builder and operator of communications towers, five years later. Seems tema a good investment until you realize that they assume partial responsibility for the Dan Aykroyd vehicle Celtic Pride. When that moment came innew business cards were needed. How He Got Rich: Grousbeck was a partner at a successful venture capital firm where he specialized in medical technology and healthcare services. He garnered less than 10 percent of the vote. How He Got Rich: Nickel mines. Name Change: Inthe Bobcats will change their name to the Hornets, restoring ba...