1. Joseph Steven Lacob was born on January 10,1956 and is an American business executive who was a partner at Kleiner Perkins and is the majority owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association and the Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association.
The Lacob family relocated to Anaheim, California and Joe switched his allegiance to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Angels.
Joe Lacob earned a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from University of California, Irvine in 1978, master's degree in public health from University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Joe Lacob has been a partner at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital investing firm, since 1987.
Joe Lacob's investments have centered around firms involved in life sciences, medical technology, Internet and energy, and such enterprises as AutoTrader.
Joe Lacob was a primary investor in the American Basketball League, a professional women's basketball league that eventually folded from failure to compete successfully with its rival, the Women's National Basketball Association.
Joe Lacob had been a Warriors' season-ticket-holder for about a decade.
Joe Lacob already had extensive experience operating an NBA team as part-owner of the Celtics, and points to his friendships with two major league baseball team general managers, Billy Beane of the Oakland Athletics and Jeff Moorad of the San Diego Padres, who have both proven that winning records are not solely related to the size of the team payroll.
Joe Lacob approved the acquisitions of David Lee and undrafted rookie guard Jeremy Lin, a hometown favorite.
Joe Lacob fired coach Don Nelson and replaced him with assistant coach Keith Smart.
Joe Lacob is divorced from his first wife, Laurie, with whom he has four children, Kirk, Kelly, Kent, and Kayci.