, who stepped down as CEO of Microsoft earlier this year, has offered $1.8 billion for the
, Forbes
, citing an anonymous source.
The Clippers are on the block after the
on owner
and is forcing him to sell the team after
he made became public. Sterling has agreed to
let his estranged wife, Shelly, negotiate the sale of the Clippers
.
Ballmer, who has a reported net worth of $20 billion, is among several bidders for the Clippers and Shelly Sterling has received offers of between $1 billion and $2 billion, according to Forbes.
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Donald Sterling bought the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million. The NBA filed charges to terminate Sterling’s ownership of the Clippers last week, and a hearing is set for June 3 at which the league’s board of governors are set to a vote on whether to oust Sterling.
Former Time Warner CEO
Richard Parsons has been appointed interim CEO
of the Clippers.
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