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Utah Jazz officially sold to tech entrepreneur and Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith The Utah Jazz today announced that tech entrepreneur and Qualtrics founder, Ryan Smith, and his wife Ashley, are the new majority owners of the Utah Jazz and affiliated businesses following a unanimous vote of approval by the NBA Board of Governors. The transaction included the Utah Jazz, Vivint Arena, the NBA G League Salt Lake City Stars, and management operations of the Triple-A baseball affiliate Salt Lake Bees. A separate agreement and approval process are ongoing for The Zone Sports Network (97.5 FM, 1280 AM...

Hoop dreams come true as Cannon-Brookes buys stake in NBA team We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Hoop dreams come true as Cannon-Brookes buys stake in NBA team Normal text size Advertisement Technology billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has become the first Australian to own an NBA team, buying a minority stake in the Utah Jazz. Mr Cannon-Brookes’ investment in the US basketball team, said to be in the hundreds of millions, will see the co-founder and co-chief executive of software firm Atlassian join the exclusive list of technology entrepre...

Hoop dreams come true as Cannon-Brookes buys stake in NBA team We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Hoop dreams come true as Cannon-Brookes buys stake in NBA team Normal text size Advertisement Technology billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has become the first Australian to own an NBA team, buying a minority stake in the Utah Jazz. Mr Cannon-Brookes’ investment in the US basketball team, said to be in the hundreds of millions, will see the co-founder and co-chief executive of software firm Atlassian join the exclusive list of technology entrepre...

Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith sits in the Hub at the company’s headquarters in Provo on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Smith, who grew up in Utah County and attended college at Brigham Young University, said he could have never envisioned a day like today as a young Jazz fan. “I don’t think there has ever been a more exciting time to be in Utah,” Smith said. “Not only do we have a great team and organization with the Jazz, but the trajectory of the state as a whole is unmatched. There is so much opportunity here and success breeds success.

Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith and his wife Ashley are officially the new majority owners of the Jazz, the team announced today in a press release. Smith was able to formally complete the purchase of a majority stake in the franchise after being unanimously approved by the NBA’s Board of Governors. “Ryan Smith is a forward-thinking, community-minded entrepreneur and business leader who will be a fantastic addition to our league,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement, following the Board of Governors’ vote. “As a life-long fan of the Utah Jazz and more recently as one o...