Donald Sterling
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Real estate
- Industry
- Real Estate
- Residence
- Beverly Hills, California
- Education
- California State Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts/Science)Southwestern Law School (Doctor of Jurisprudence)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
Biography
Donald Sterling, born Donald Tokowitz to Jewish immigrants, built a fortune largely by buying down-at-the-heels apartment buildings in Los Angeles.
Sterling owned the Los Angeles Clippers for 33 years; his wife Shelly sold in 2014 after a tape of his racist remarks to his then-mistress surfaced.
The Chicago-born billionaire bought the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million when the team was based in San Diego. It was sold for $2 billion.
Besides a swath of apartments in L.A.'s Westside and Koreatown, he also owns the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel.
Before he purchased his first West Hollywood property, Sterling was a successful trial lawyer.
About
In 2006, Sterling was sued by the Department of Justice on the charge of refusing to rent to African-Americans.
Following Sterling's racist remarks. UCLA rejected his $3 million pledge to support basic kidney research at the school's division of nephrology.