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272 Is Steve Ballmer Too Rich for the NBA?

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Sara Germano @ The Information · today 09:00 EDT

Is Steve Ballmer Too Rich for the NBA?

Earlier this week, a handful of the richest people in the world convened at a five-star hotel in midtown Manhattan to discuss typical titans-of-industry fodder: overseas expansion, the future of media, yadda yadda. But there was an elephant in the room: Did a billionaire in their ranks secretly siphon millions of dollars to an NBA star through a now-bankrupt tree-planting startup?

The billionaire on the minds of NBA team owners at the regularly scheduled meeting of the league’s Board of Governors was Steve

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