where his father was a manager at ford motor company. he went to harvard and briefly attended stanford school of business and no stranger to the business of sports. his name has been tied to a possible deal for the sacramento kings but that fell through. now he's poised to make the biggest nba deal ever going from high tech billionaire to courtside baller. christine romans, cnn, new york. >> make sure you stay tuned to that. big developments on that and big developments in the white house as president obama scheduled to meet with eric shinseki in just a few moments. we'll carry that for you live. what will he speak about? will he keep eric shinseki as veterans of foreign affairs or get rid of him. eric shinseki says he's ready to make big changes and fix this problem. stick with cnn. that's it for me. i'm don lemon. the next hour of the "cnn newsroom" begins right now.