Ozzie Silna

Action Embroidery - Malibu California

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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Alan F Horn	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, Julia Brownley
Alan Sieroty	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, San Diego County Democratic Party, Julia Brownley
Nancy Stephens	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley
Thomas Safran	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, Julia Brownley
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Rob Reiner	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, John Edwards, Michael Patrick Forbes, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, California Voter Registration 2002
Barbra Streisand	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, John William Conway, Julia Brownley
Bruce Corwin	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, John William Conway, Julia Brownley
Anne Bartley	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Lorraine Sheinberg	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Julia Brownley
Ronald M Meyer	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Julia Brownley
Ada Horwich	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, Michael Patrick Forbes, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, Julia Brownley
Haim Saban	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, California Voter Registration 2002, Southern California Fund
Betty Warner Sheinbaum	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken
Amy Rothschild Friedkin	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, Julia Brownley
Tony Podesta	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Earl Ralph Pomeroy III, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Al Franken, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Lawrence E Hess	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Loretta Sanchez, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Christine Jennings, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken, San Diego County Democratic Party, Julia Brownley
Eli Broad	Xavier Becerra, Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Loretta Sanchez, Chuck Schumer, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Stanley Sheinbaum	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Loretta Sanchez, Brad Sherman, Henry Waxman, John Edwards, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, LA PAC, Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal, Al Franken
John Hunting	Barbara Boxer, Lois Capps, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Jerry McNerney, Barack Obama, Loretta Sanchez, Brad Sherman, Michael Patrick Forbes, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Al Franken, John William Conway, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Julia Brownley

Ozzie Silna

Action Embroidery - Malibu California

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