What is the mysterious rich man who took over the Lakers by 10 billion?

The Los Angeles Lakers' Purple Gold Scepter left the Bath family for the first time in 44 years. But the new owner of Staples Center is an old acquaintance of Los Angeles fans - Mark Walter. The helmsman of TWG Global acquired the controlling stake in the Lakers for a sky-high price of $10 billion, not only breaking the global professional sports team transaction record, but also quietly pushing his sports empire to a new height.

As early as 2012, Walter led the acquisition of the MLB giant Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.15 billion. He is well aware of the way to champion:

Delegating power to top talents: hand over operational decision-making power to professional managers such as Stan Castan and Andrew Friedman, creating a human culture: creating a first-time player children's education fund, so that stars have no worries, no fear of the Golden Dollar offensive: sign Shohei Otani for 10 years in 2023, setting a global sports contract record. This combination of punches has achieved outstanding results - in 2024, the Dodgers defeated the Yankees in the seventh game of fierce competition and won the eighth World Championship in the team's history. When Walter lifted champagne in the locker room, Los Angeles had quietly printed his championship genes.

Sports map: Capital chess game across the four major tracks

Walter's ambitions are far more than baseball and basketball:

Premier League battlefield: Jointly acquire Chelsea Football Club in 2022, holding about 12%

WNBA layout: Including stake in Los Angeles Spark Women's Basketball in 2014

Speed ​​field: Injecting investment in Cadillac F1 team

When Walter took over the Lakers, three questions surfaced: Can the decentralization model be replicated? Jenny Bass remains as chairman, but will Walter introduce "Dodge" executives? After all, he is good at delegating power on the board rather than directly interfering in the tactical board.

When will the

Gold and Yuan offensive start? The NBA's salary cap is more complicated than MLB, but Walter's style of spending a lot of money on the championship has long been famous. How to implement

resource collaboration? From Dodger Stadium to Staples Center, Walter holds two major sports landmarks in Los Angeles. Can we open up commercial channels and create the "Los Angeles Sports Community"?

So do you think the new boss's acquisition will help the team realize those five words next season?