Golden State Warriors

Every owner since the start

1. 2010 to today
   Group led by Joe Lacob and Peter Guber

   Bought the whole franchise from Chris Cohan for $450M

2. 1994-95 to 2010
   Chris Cohan

   Bought 25% for $21M in March 1992 and the other 75% for a reported $95M (Wikipedia gives $130M in all)

3. 1986 to 1994-95
   Jim Fitzgerald and Dan Finnane

   Bought from Franklin Mieuli on 23 May 1986 for $18M, per a 1994 newspaper report (another account says about $14M)

4. 1962-63 to 1986
   Franklin Mieuli

   One of the 1962 investors; bought out Diners Club and the other partners; prices not found

5. 1962
   Venture led by Diners Club, with Mieuli and other Bay Area investors

   Bought the franchise from Eddie Gottlieb for $850,000 and moved it to San Francisco

6. 1951-52 to 1962
   Eddie Gottlieb

   Team coach and general manager; bought the club for $25,000

7. 1946 to 1951-52
   Peter A. Tyrrell

   Founded the team

Value over time

Forbes valued the Warriors at $130M in 1998 and $13.5B in 2026, about 104 times as much. The biggest one-year jump was $2.5B, from 2025 to 2026; the biggest in percentage terms was 73%, from 2014 to 2015.

How the current owner bought it

• Chris Cohan agreed on 15 July 2010 to sell the whole franchise for $450M. NBA owners approved unanimously on 12 November 2010.
• The buyer was a syndicate led by Lacob and Peter Guber of Mandalay Entertainment. The team announced a 19-person ownership group on 15 November 2010.
• Lacob first had to sell his minority stake in the Boston Celtics, held since January 2006.
• Lacob said on 12 August 2026 that he does not intend to sell.

Partners in the team

Vivek Ranadivé, an original partner and vice chairman, sold in 2013 to buy the Sacramento Kings.

How the team is run

• Lacob is governor, co-executive chairman and chief executive. His son Kirk Lacob is executive vice president of basketball operations.
• The team owns Chase Center, the land under it and Thrive City, an 11-acre shopping and dining district. The arena was privately financed and cost about $1.4B.
• Forbes puts debt at 9% of team value, including arena debt.
• The group also owns the Golden State Valkyries of the WNBA. It agreed a $50M expansion fee in 2023, and Sportico valued that team at $850M in May 2026.
• Sports Illustrated reported that the NBA fined Lacob $500,000 in July 2022. He had criticised the luxury tax, a league charge on high payrolls, while on its labour committee.