Bob Iger, Joshua Kushner buy Los Angeles Lakers at a $12.5 billion valuation, source says

• Mark Walter has sold his majority equity in the Los Angeles Lakers to Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger, according to a statement.
• The deal values the team at $12.5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the terms of the sale.
• Walter has owned the Lakers for less than a year and also has stakes in MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers, English Premier League soccer team Chelsea and the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.

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