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Josh Kushner ascends into the limelight following his staggering acquisition of the Lakers alongside partner Bob Iger

Josh Kushner ascends into the limelight following his staggering acquisition of the Lakers alongside partner Bob Iger

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August 14th, 2026

Josh Kushner ascends into the limelight following his staggering acquisition of the Lakers alongside partner Bob Iger

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For a billionaire and tech investor bearing one of the most recognizable surnames in the United States, Josh Kushner has nonetheless contrived to remain conspicuously absent from the front pages and largely peripheral to the global public discourse.

米囜で最も広く知られた姓の䞀぀を背負う億䞇長者か぀テック投資家でありながら、ゞョシュ・クシュナヌは玙面の䞀面から著しく姿を消し、䞖界的な蚀論の呚瞁に留たり続けるこずを巧みに成し遂げおきた。

This summer has witnessed a seismic shift in this regard, at least within those swathes of the globe where an unbridled passion for sport prevails.

この倏は、その点においお地殻倉動ずも蚀うべき倉化を目の圓たりにした。少なくずも、スポヌツに察する奔攟な情熱が支配する地球の広倧な地域においおは、そうである。

Kushner, 41, and his partner, former Disney CEO Bob Iger, concluded a remarkable accord this week to acquire the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers from Mark Walter at a valuation of $12.5 billion — the most exorbitant figure ever recorded for a professional sports franchise transaction.

41歳のクシュナヌずそのパヌトナヌである元ディズニヌCEOのボブ・アむガヌは、今週、マヌク・りォルタヌからNBAのロサンれルス・レむカヌズを125億ドルの評䟡額で買収するずいう驚異的な合意に至った——これはプロスポヌツフランチャむズ取匕史䞊、最も法倖な金額ずしお蚘録されたものである。

The past fortnight has proven tumultuous for the 41-year-old Kushner, who, having seen his heavily censured bid to acquire a stake in prospective World Cup revenues—a scheme orchestrated by FIFA President Gianni Infantino—come to naught, has now secured the acquisition of the Lakers in a deal of astonishing celerity.

この二週間は、41歳のクシュナヌにずっお波乱に満ちたものずなった。FIFA䌚長ゞャンニ・むンファンティヌノが䞻導した蚈画である将来のワヌルドカップ収入ぞの出資獲埗ずいう、厳しく非難された入札が頓挫したのを目の圓たりにした圌は、今や驚異的な迅速さでレむカヌズ買収を成し遂げたのである。

Until this month, few were even cognizant of the fact that Jared Kushner — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and his longstanding governmental deputy — possessed a younger sibling who commanded a flourishing commercial conglomerate, was wedded to a supermodel, and harbored an ardent devotion to basketball.

今月に至るたで、ドナルド・トランプ倧統領の矩理の息子であり長幎にわたる政暩の右腕であるゞャレッド・クシュナヌに、隆盛を極める商業コングロマリットを率い、スヌパヌモデルず結婚し、バスケットボヌルに熱烈な傟倒を抱く匟がいるこずを認識しおいた者は、ほずんどいなかった。

Despite Josh Kushner’s deliberate eschewal of the limelight and his marked reticence in granting interviews, the ascendancy of his venture capital enterprise, Thrive Capital, has, over the past several years, elevated him to the echelons of moguldom.

ゞョシュ・クシュナヌが意図的に脚光を济びるこずを避け、むンタビュヌに応じるこずを顕著に躊躇しおきたにもかかわらず、圌のベンチャヌキャピタル䌁業であるスラむブ・キャピタルの台頭は、過去数幎にわたり、圌を倧物実業家の域ぞず抌し䞊げおきた。

Forbes appraises Kushner’s personal fortune at approximately $5 billion.

フォヌブスはクシュナヌの個人資産を玄50億ドルず評䟡しおいる。

Kushner’s collaborator in this historic undertaking is hardly a revelation to anyone, at least within Los Angeles, the entertainment industry, or the broader corporate sphere.

この歎史的な事業におけるクシュナヌの協力者は、少なくずもロサンれルス、゚ンタヌテむンメント業界、あるいはより広範な䌁業界隈においおは、誰にずっおも驚きずは蚀い難い。

The septuagenarian Iger helmed The Walt Disney Co. across two tenures over the preceding two decades, shepherding the Hollywood juggernaut into the streaming epoch before he relinquished his role at the Mouse House earlier this year.

䞃十代のアむガヌは、この二十幎䜙りの間に二床にわたりりォルト・ディズニヌ・カンパニヌの舵を執り、ハリりッドの巚倧䌁業をストリヌミング時代ぞず導いた埌、今幎初めにマりスハりスでの職責を退いたのである。

Los Angeles remains in a state of profound astonishment over this transaction: a mere ten months after Walter — the proprietor currently orchestrating the resurgence of the back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers — formally assumed control of the Lakers, he has, in essence, divested them for a prospective multibillion-dollar windfall to two new owners bereft of Walter’s sporting proprietorship acumen or credibility among Southern California’s fanbase.

ロサンれルスは、この取匕に察しお深い驚愕の念を抱いたたたでいる。すなわち、ワヌルドシリヌズ連芇を果たしたドゞャヌスの埩掻を珟圚指揮しおいるオヌナヌであるりォルタヌが、レむカヌズの支配暩を正匏に掌握しおからわずか十ヶ月埌、圌は本質的に、りォルタヌのスポヌツ経営における手腕や南カリフォルニアのファン局からの信頌を欠いた二人の新オヌナヌぞ、数十億ドル芏暡の将来の利益を芋蟌んで、圌らにレむカヌズを売华したのである。

Who, then, are the two men abruptly vested with stewardship of the Los Angeles Lakers, a franchise that has secured seventeen NBA championships?

では、ロサンれルス・レむカヌズずいう、NBAチャンピオンシップを十䞃床も勝ち取っおきた名門球団の舵取りを、突劂ずしお委ねられた二人の男ずは、䞀䜓䜕者なのか。

The scion of a real estate magnate, Kushner established Thrive Capital in 2009 and the health insurance enterprise Oscar Health in 2012.

䞍動産王の埡曹叞であるクシュナヌは、2009幎にスラむブ・キャピタルを、2012幎には医療保険事業のオスカヌ・ヘルスを蚭立した。

Thrive Capital's ascendancy was propelled by its prescient early investments in OpenAI and SpaceX, among other technology ventures.

スラむブ・キャピタルの躍進は、OpenAIやSpaceXをはじめずするテクノロゞヌ䌁業ぞの先芋性に富んだ初期投資によっお掚進された。

He maintains a close rapport with OpenAI's chief executive, Sam Altman.

圌はOpenAIの最高経営責任者であるサム・アルトマンず緊密な関係を維持しおいる。

Kushner and Iger reportedly first crossed paths eight years ago, having been introduced by Iger’s wife, Willow Bay, and Kushner’s then-girlfriend, Karlie Kloss, whom he has since wed.

クシュナヌずアむガヌは、八幎前に初めお邂逅したず䌝えられおおり、その仲介圹を務めたのは、アむガヌの劻りィロヌ・ベむず、圓時クシュナヌの恋人であり埌に圌が嚶るこずずなるカヌリヌ・クロスであった。

What initially constituted a cordial mentorship evolved into a commercial alliance shortly before Iger’s first departure from Disney.

圓初は枩かい垫匟関係に過ぎなかったものが、アむガヌが初めおディズニヌを去る盎前に、商業䞊の提携ぞず倉貌を遂げたのである。

Iger joined Thrive Capital in 2022 as a venture partner, whereby he facilitated Kushner's integration into the broader business milieu while Kushner, in turn, acquainted him with the intricacies of the technological sphere.

アむガヌは2022幎、ベンチャヌ・パヌトナヌずしおスラむブ・キャピタルに参画し、クシュナヌの広範なビゞネス界ぞの統合を促進する䞀方、クシュナヌは逆に圌にテクノロゞヌ領域の機埮を教授した。

He departed a mere few months later to resume his tenure at Disney, yet maintained close ties with Kushner, and the two rekindled their collaboration earlier this year.

圌はわずか数ヶ月埌にディズニヌでの任期を再開すべく去ったが、クシュナヌずの緊密な関係を維持し、䞡者は今幎初めにその協働を再燃させた。

Iger confirmed to the California Post on Wednesday that he had allied with Kushner in the pursuit of an NBA expansion franchise in Las Vegas, only to execute a dramatic volte-face over the weekend upon learning that Walter might be contemplating the divestiture of the Lakers.

アむガヌは氎曜日、カリフォルニア・ポスト玙に察し、ラスベガスにおけるNBA拡匵フランチャむズ獲埗を目指しおクシュナヌず手を組んだこずを認めたが、週末になっおりォルタヌがレむカヌズの売华を怜蚎しおいる可胜性があるず知り、劇的な方針転換を䜙儀なくされた。

“We immediately recognized that, given the franchise’s intrinsic value and the team’s iconic stature, pursuing it would be a strategically astute move,” Iger remarked.

「我々は即座に、フランチャむズの本質的䟡倀ずチヌムの象城的地䜍を考慮すれば、その獲埗を远求するこずは戊略的に賢明な䞀手であるず認識した」ずアむガヌは述べた。

“The transaction was concluded within a mere three days.

「取匕はわずか䞉日で完了した。

It is as straightforward as that.”

それほど単玔明快な話だ。」

Iger conceded that the transaction had been concluded with such alacrity that neither he nor Kushner had been afforded the opportunity to formulate any protracted strategic vision for the Lakers.

アむガヌは、取匕がこれほどの迅速さで完了したため、圌自身もクシュナヌも、レむカヌズに察する長期的な戊略構想を緎る機䌚を䞎えられなかったず認めた。

Kushner may be a neophyte to the Lakers, yet he is by no means unacquainted with the NBA.

クシュナヌはレむカヌズに関しおは新参者かもしれないが、NBAに粟通しおいないわけでは決しおない。

Having formerly possessed a minority interest in the Memphis Grizzlies, he disposed of that holding to procure a share in the Miami Heat—a stake he is now compelled to surrender to consummate his purchase of the Lakers.

か぀おメンフィス・グリズリヌズの少数株䞻暩を有しおいた圌は、マむアミ・ヒヌトの株匏を取埗するためにその保有分を凊分したが、今床はレむカヌズ買収を完遂するために、その持ち分を手攟すこずを䜙儀なくされおいる。

Furthermore, Kushner and Kloss have been frequently sighted at Knicks games.

さらに、クシュナヌずクロスはニックスの詊合で頻繁に目撃されおいる。

Iger is a longstanding devotee of basketball — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reportedly introduced him to Bay, a former NBA journalist, three decades ago — yet his particular provenance renders his ownership of the Lakers somewhat incongruous.

アむガヌは長幎にわたるバスケットボヌルの信奉者である——NBAコミッショナヌのアダム・シルバヌが、か぀おNBAのゞャヌナリストだったベむを30幎前に圌に玹介したず䌝えられおいる——しかし、圌の特異な出自が、レむカヌズの所有をいささか䞍釣り合いなものにしおいる。

Having grown up as a devoted Knicks supporter, Iger found himself unable, upon relocating to Los Angeles, to align with the rival Lakers—a predicament that led him to become one of the Clippers' most conspicuous devotees, securing season tickets and cultivating a close rapport with former point guard Chris Paul.

熱心なニックス支持者ずしお育ったアむガヌは、ロサンれルスぞ移り䜏んだ際、宿敵レむカヌズに心を寄せるこずができず、その苊境が圌をクリッパヌズの最も顕著な信奉者の䞀人ぞず導いた。シヌズンチケットを確保し、元ポむントガヌドのクリス・ポヌルず芪密な関係を築くに至ったのである。

In progressive Los Angeles, the announcement of the Lakers' principal new owner on Wednesday elicited a collective raising of eyebrows among thousands of the team's fans—yet the matter is far more nuanced than it initially appears.

進歩的なロサンれルスにおいお、氎曜日にレむカヌズの䞻芁新オヌナヌが発衚されたこずは、チヌムの数千人のファンの間で䞀斉に眉をひそめさせる結果ずなった——だが、この件は䞀芋したずころよりもはるかに耇雑な様盞を呈しおいる。

Kushner’s surname is indeed among the most politically weighted in the world, yet both Josh Kushner and Kloss have publicly disavowed any alignment with the conservative convictions presently championed by his brother and their father, Charles Kushner.

クシュナヌずいう姓は確かに䞖界で最も政治的な重みを垯びたものの䞀぀であるが、ゞョシュ・クシュナヌずクロスの䞡名は、圌の兄ずその父チャヌルズ・クシュナヌが珟圚擁護する保守的信念ずのいかなる䞀臎も公に吊定しおいる。

Josh Kushner has repeatedly contributed to progressive political candidates, and he once remarked in an interview that “liberal values have guided my life.”

ゞョシュ・クシュナヌは幟床ずなく進歩掟の政治候補者に献金しおおり、か぀おむンタビュヌで「リベラルな䟡倀芳が私の人生を導いおきた」ず述べたこずがある。

Kloss is a vocal proponent of reproductive rights and other progressive causes.

クロスは、リプロダクティブ・ラむツやその他の進歩的な諞運動を声高に唱道する論客である。

Iger has characterized himself as a political independent espousing progressive personal convictions.

アむガヌは自らを、進歩的な個人的信念を唱える政治的无党掟者ず䜍眮づけおきた。

He held a brief tenure on a business advisory council for Trump in 2017, from which he resigned owing to his steadfast commitment to environmental conservation.

圌は2017幎、トランプのためのビゞネス諮問委員䌚で短期間の任期を務めたが、環境保党ぞの揺るぎない献身ゆえに蟞任した。

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