Daniel Silna

Alaten Company - Saddle River, New Jersey

Ozzie and Daniel Silna were born in 1933 and 1944, respectively, to a pair of Latvian immigrants who had settled in New Jersey in the 1930s. Their father ran a small textile business which both brothers took over until the company was sold in the early 1960s. Soon after, Ozzie and Dan launched their own knitting business that eventually grew into one of the largest manufacturers of polyester just as disco fever swept the nation in the 1970s. The Silna brothers were the co-owners of a former ABA franchise known as the Spirits of St. Louis. When the ABA merged with the NBA in '76, these guys made a decision that every investor would dream of. In exchange for dissolving their team, they received a small percentage of the NBA's future broadcast revenue. It didn't seem like much to the league at the time, but they are definitely regretting the deal now more than the Silna Bros are. The NBA has $7.4 billion in TV contracts with ABC/ESPN and TNT. The Silnas see 1/7 of the television revenues of the four ABA teams that were absorbed: the Spurs, Nuggets, Nets and Pacers. The income goes on without an end date. Last season the Silnas made a cool $19M without putting in any effort whatsoever. After making $300M since the deal was reached in '76, a judge recently ruled that the Silnas also have rights to Internet revenue.

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David S Steiner	Thomas H Allen, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Bill Pascrell, Chuck Schumer, Denise L Majette, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Dennis G Shulman, Linda Stender, Paul S Aronsohn
Michael W Kempner	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Bill Pascrell, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Ohio Democratic Party, Dennis G Shulman, Linda Stender, Paul S Aronsohn, Edward Potosnak III
Orin S Kramer	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Bill Pascrell, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Ohio Democratic Party, Linda Stender, Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr
Alan Sagner	Thomas H Allen, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Barack Obama, Bill Pascrell, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, Dennis G Shulman, Linda Stender, Dorothea Anne Wolfe
Peter Buttenwieser	Thomas H Allen, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Ohio Democratic Party
John L Tishman	Thomas H Allen, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Linda Stender
Tonio Burgos	Hillary Clinton, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Bill Pascrell, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, Dennis G Shulman, Linda Stender, Paul S Aronsohn
Thomas A Barron	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr, Edward Potosnak III
Alfonso Fanjul, Jr.	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Ohio Democratic Party
Andrew Tobias	Thomas H Allen, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, Dennis G Shulman, Paul S Aronsohn, Edward Potosnak III
Jonathan M Tisch	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Ohio Democratic Party, Paul S Aronsohn
Blair MacInnes	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Barack Obama, Bill Pascrell, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Paul S Aronsohn, Dorothea Anne Wolfe
Eli Broad	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Ohio Democratic Party
Wendy Benchley	Thomas H Allen, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Barack Obama, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, Dennis G Shulman, Linda Stender, Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr
Jon S Corzine	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Dennis G Shulman, Linda Stender
Ada Horwich	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Ohio Democratic Party
S Daniel Abraham	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Ohio Democratic Party
Constance H Williams	Thomas H Allen, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, Paul S Aronsohn
Victor A Kovner	Thomas H Allen, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, Linda Stender
Beth Dozoretz	Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Bill Richardson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Ohio Democratic Party, Dennis G Shulman

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	1944

Daniel Silna

Alaten Company - Saddle River, New Jersey

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