Donald Sterling

The Chicago native, born Donald Tokowitz to Jewish immigrants, built a fortune largely by buying down-at-the-heels apartment buildings in Los Angeles.Donald Sterling bought the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million when the team was based in San Diego. Three years later he moved it to Los Angeles. His wife Shelly sold the team in 2014 for $2 billion after Donald ignited a firestorm when a tape of his racist remarks to then-mistress surfaced.He owns a swath of apartments in L.A.'s Westside and Koreatown, as well as the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel.In 2006, he was sued by the Department of Justice on the charge of refusing to rent to African-Americans.