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Jerry Buss

1933 - 2013

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Gerald Hatten "Jerry" Buss (January 27, 1933 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist. He was the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning 10 league championships that were highlighted by the team's Showtime era during the 1980s. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Buss has received more than 6,467,968 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jerry Buss is the 318th most popular businessperson (up from 433rd in 2019), the 3,604th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,874th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 18

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  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Jerry Buss ranks 318 out of 847. Before him are Alice Walton, Johanna Quandt, Tadashi Yanai, Henry E. Steinway, David Stern, and Ma Huateng. After him are Carlos Tavares, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, George Averoff, Lazare Ponticelli, David Koch, and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jerry Buss ranks 192. Before him are Juan Marsé, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Josef Kadraba, Allen J. Bard, Toshi Ichiyanagi, and Mark Eyskens. After him are Kamal Ganzouri, Dennis Viollet, Ilya Kabakov, Stuart Roosa, Meena Kumari, and Syd Mead. Among people deceased in 2013, Jerry Buss ranks 179. Before him are Tony Musante, Lau Kar-leung, Hjalmar Andersen, Wadih El Safi, Maria Tallchief, and Angela Voigt. After him are Georges Lautner, Aleksandr Serebrov, Michael Ansara, Carlo Lizzani, Jim Hall, and Arik Einstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Buss ranks 3,604 out of 20,380. Before him are Ben Hecht (1893), Bob Barker (1923), Robert Ford (1862), George Speck (1824), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981), and Sixto Durán Ballén (1921). After him are Kathy Baker (1950), Geoffrey Lewis (1935), William L. Shirer (1904), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Kevin Sorbo (1958), and Dick Wolf (1946).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Jerry Buss ranks 97. Before him are John DeLorean (1925), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Paul Castellano (1915), Amadeo Giannini (1870), Alice Walton (1949), and David Stern (1942). After him are David Koch (1940), Chuck Feeney (1931), Linda McMahon (1948), Roy E. Disney (1930), Edwin Drake (1819), and Timothy Dexter (1747).

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