Donald Sterling
$4.37B
as of 09/03/26
About Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling, born Donald Tokowitz to Jewish immigrants, built a fortune largely by buying down-at-the-heels apartment buildings in Los Angeles.
Sterling owned the Los Angeles Clippers for 33 years; his wife Shelly sold in 2014 after a tape of his racist remarks to his then-mistress surfaced.
The Chicago-born billionaire bought the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million when the team was based in San Diego. It was sold for $2 billion.
Besides a swath of apartments in L.A.'s Westside and Koreatown, he also owns the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel.
Before he purchased his first West Hollywood property, Sterling was a successful trial lawyer.
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United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Real estateResidence
Beverly Hills, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
04/26/34 (age 92)Number of children
3Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, California State Los Angeles; Doctor of Jurisprudence, Southwestern Law SchoolSelf-made
self-madeDonald Sterling’s fortune is worth
73K
troy ounces of gold
67K
median U.S. household
44K
median U.S. income
0.087%
U.S. credit card volume
0.017%
GDP of the United States
0.013%
United States debt
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In 2006, Sterling was sued by the Department of Justice on the charge of refusing to rent to African-Americans.
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