Steven Kaplan (investor)
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| known_for = Co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management
Minority owner of Memphis Grizzlies and Swansea City
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Stephen Kaplan is an American businessman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, a minority owner of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies,[https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/sports-business/2015/11/who-is-steve-kaplan-minensota-timberwolves.html Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal: "Who is Steve Kaplan, the man who wants to buy into the Timberwolves?" By Nick Halter] November 13, 2015 and co-owner of Welsh football club Swansea City.
Biography
Kaplan was born to a Jewish family.[http://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/jewish-investor-buying-hawks/ Atlanta Jewish Times: "Jewish Investor Buying Hawks" by David R. Cohen] April 29, 2015 He graduated with a J.D. from New York University School of Law. He and Howard Marks, Bruce Karsh, Larry Keele, Richard Masson, and Sheldon Stone co-founded Oaktree Capital Management.{{cite web | url = http://www.oaktreecapital.com/about/oaktree-story.aspx | title = The Oaktree story | publisher = Oaktree Capital Management | location = Los Angeles | access-date = 2010-05-12 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100501194357/http://www.oaktreecapital.com/about/oaktree-story.aspx | archive-date = 2010-05-01 }}
In 2012, Kaplan purchased a minority stake in the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies as part of a group led by Robert Pera along with Daniel E. Straus as a minority investor.[https://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2012/11/02/oaktrees-kaplan-sinks-his-teeth-into-memphis-grizzlies/ Wall Street Journal: "Oaktree’s Kaplan Sinks His Teeth Into Memphis Grizzlies" by Laura Kreutzer] November 2, 2012
Kaplan became co-owner of English Premier League Welsh football club Swansea City alongside Jason Levien in July 2016.{{cite news|title=Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien: Meet Swansea City's US Owners|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37154274|accessdate=11 March 2019}} The club was relegated at the end of the 2017–18 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44020155|title=Swansea City 1–2 Stoke City|publisher=BBC Sport|date=13 May 2018|accessdate=11 March 2019}}
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