Alan Smolinisky

Alan Smolinisky
Smolinisky delivers address to thousands of new U.S. Citizens at Dodger Stadium.
Born (1979-11-28) November 28, 1979 (age 44)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
OccupationEntrepreneur/investor
Spouse
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(m. 2010)​
Children3

Alan Smolinisky is an American entrepreneur/investor and part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball franchise.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In June 2022, Smolinisky partnered with Nike founder Phil Knight and submitted an offer of more than $2 billion to purchase the Portland Trail Blazers National Basketball Association franchise.[7][8][9]

Smolinisky began his career in commercial real estate in the late 1990s while attending the University of Southern California. Smolinisky partnered with his then landlord Brian Chen. Together, through their company Conquest Student Housing, they built and renovated properties around Campus, eventually becoming the largest provider of student housing at USC,[10] and later at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Conquest became so dominant at USC that the university sued the company under the Sherman Antitrust Act for "monopolizing the student housing market around USC's University Park Campus".

The company was sold to a private equity firm and publicly traded REIT in summer 2008 for $205 million. After the sale, Smolinisky and Chen focused on public securities investment.

Smolinisky and Chen are value investors, an investment paradigm that derives from the ideas on investment that Benjamin Graham and David Dodd began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928, focusing on acquiring assets below their intrinsic value. Today, that movement is most closely associated with Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren E. Buffett and vice chairman Charlie T. Munger.

Smolinisky and Chen manage their own personal capital from Los Angeles with investments in commercial real estate, publicly traded securities, energy, capital equipment leasing and venture capital.

  1. ^ "Plummer, Smolinisky join Dodgers' ownership". MLB.com. September 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dodgers add 2 businessmen to ownership group". ESPN. September 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Add Two Entrepreneurs to Ownership Team". The Wall Street Journal. September 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Sell Stakes to Plummer, Smolinisky". Bloomberg. September 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "2 businessmen join ownership group of Los Angeles Dodgers". San Francisco Chronicle. September 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "2 businessmen join ownership group of Los Angeles Dodgers". Greenwich Time. September 19, 2019. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Nike Founder Phil Knight and a Dodgers Owner Bid for Portland Trail Blazers". New York Times. June 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nike's Phil Knight, Dodgers' Alan Smolinisky make offer to buy Portland Trail Blazers". ESPN.com. June 2, 2022.
  9. ^ "Phil Knight Makes Offer for Portland Trail Blazers-Who Say They Aren't For Sale". Wall Street Journal. June 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "Generation Next: Alan Smolinisky". Los Angeles Downtown News. June 28, 2004.