Bruce Ratner is a American actual property developer that was born on January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio.
He is most well-known for heading the group that purchased the New Jersey Nets from YankeeNets for $300 million in 2004, together with entrepreneur and hip hop artist Jay-Z. Since 2005 Ratner and Jay-Z had plans to maneuver the Nets to Brooklyn in New York City. In 2009, Russion tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov agreed to purchase 80% of the Nets for $200 million and would supply a $700 million mortgage to construct the brand new Barclays Center which might be the brand new residence the the re-named Brooklyn Nets.
He has been CEO of and chairman of Forest City Ratner Companies, which offers with actual property improvement and property administration. He additionally serves as a director or officer of a lot of its subsidiary firms.
His brother, Michael Ratner, is a outstanding lawyer in New York and his sister, Ellen Ratner, is a information analyst for Fox News. Bruce Ratner can be very lively within the New York neighborhood by academic and charitable organizations.
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