Junior Bridgeman Acquires 10% Stake in Milwaukee Bucks
The former Bucks player and successful entrepreneur is buying into the team at a $3.4 billion valuation.
- Junior Bridgeman, who played 10 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, is purchasing a 10% ownership stake in the team.
- The deal values the Bucks at $4 billion, with Bridgeman receiving a preferred limited partner discount.
- Bridgeman's business ventures include owning Coca-Cola bottling franchises and the publications Ebony and Jet.
- The acquisition makes Bridgeman the fourth-largest stakeholder in the Bucks, joining current owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam, Wes Edens, and Jamie Dinan.
- The NBA owners will be notified of the sale in a memo, marking the first NBA sale since the league's new media agreement in July.