Ozzie Silna

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Ozzie and Daniel Silna were born in 1933 and 1944, respectively, to a pair of Latvian immigrants who had settled in New Jersey in the 1930s. Their father ran a small textile business which both brothers took over until the company was sold in the early 1960s. Soon after, Ozzie and Dan launched their own knitting business that eventually grew into one of the largest manufacturers of polyester just as disco fever swept the nation in the 1970s. The Silna brothers were the co-owners of a former ABA franchise known as the Spirits of St. Louis. When the ABA merged with the NBA in '76, these guys made a decision that every investor would dream of. In exchange for dissolving their team, they received a small percentage of the NBA's future broadcast revenue. It didn't seem like much to the league at the time, but they are definitely regretting the deal now more than the Silna Bros are. The NBA has $7.4 billion in TV contracts with ABC/ESPN and TNT. The Silnas see 1/7 of the television revenues of the four ABA teams that were absorbed: the Spurs, Nuggets, Nets and Pacers. The income goes on without an end date. Last season the Silnas made a cool $19M without putting in any effort whatsoever. After making $300M since the deal was reached in '76, a judge recently ruled that the Silnas also have rights to Internet revenue.

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David Geffen	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Al Franken
Eli Broad	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Tom Unterman	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley
John Hunting	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Loretta Sanchez, Brad Sherman, Michael Patrick Forbes, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley
Jamie Wolf	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Henry Waxman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, Julia Brownley
Paul Goldenberg	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Southern California Fund
Irving Azoff	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Al Franken, John William Conway, Southern California Fund
John Koza	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Steven L Swig	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley
Marc B Nathanson	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Sid Sheinberg	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Julia Brownley
Norman Lear	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Tom Steyer	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley
Murray Galinson	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, San Diego County Democratic Party, California Voter Registration 2002, Julia Brownley
Stanley Sheinbaum	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Loretta Sanchez, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken
Jody R Buckley	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Brad Sherman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley
Cindy Harrell-Horn	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Julia Brownley
Andrea Soros Colombel	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Bram Goldsmith	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal
David L desJardins	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley

Ozzie Silna

Action Embroidery - Malibu California

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