Liberty, Nets owner wants WNBA, NBA teams on equal ground
Coming from the business world, Liberty owner Joe Tsai didn’t understand why his WNBA franchise didn’t have a CEO similar to the team’s NBA counterpart the Brooklyn Nets — which Tsai also owns.
For Tsai, it was about equality; so he did something about it.
Tsai promoted Keia Clarke to the position last week — making her the first CEO in team history. The WNBA veteran became the third Black woman to currently be in charge of a franchise in the league, joining Los Angeles Sparks President Danita Johnson and Washington’s Sheila Johnson. The Mystics president is also the managing partner of the team and doesn’t deal as much in the day-to-day activities as the other two women.