Ozzie Silna

Action Embroidery - Malibu California

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.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Donors to Common Recipients

Recipients of donations from Ozzie Silna also received donations from these orgs and people

Donor	Common Recipients
Wayne Jordan	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, 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
Stephen M Silberstein	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, 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, Julia Brownley
Lyn Davis Lear	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, 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
Peter Chernin	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Henry Waxman, 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
David Bohnett	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, 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
David W Mills	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Myron M Cherry	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, John William Conway
Michael Douglas	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, 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
Clarence Avant	Barbara Boxer, 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
Richard Leeds	Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Earl Ralph Pomeroy III, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken
Jay T Snyder	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, 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
Anne Hess	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Al Franken, John William Conway
Dorothy Lichtenstein	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, Michael Patrick Forbes, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley
Peg Yorkin	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Loretta Sanchez, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Julia Brownley
Jerome S Moss	Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Barack Obama, 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, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Fred Eychaner	Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Gary M Lauder	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, 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
George Soros	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, 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
Irwin Mark Jacobs	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, San Diego County Democratic Party, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Steven Kirsch	Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, 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, California Voter Registration 2002

Ozzie Silna

Action Embroidery - Malibu California

Basic Info

Source Links