Leslie Alexander (mai kasuwanci)

**Leslie Lee Alexander**  (an haife ta a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1943)  lauya ce 'yar Amurka, ɗan kasuwa kuma mai kuɗi. Tsohon ɗan kasuwa ne daga New York . Ya taɓa mallakar ƙungiyar National Basketball Association (NBA) Houston Rockets na tsawon shekaru 24, daga 1993 zuwa 2017. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haife shi a shekarar 1943, ga wani iyali Yahudawa a birnin New York. A shekarar 1965, ya kammala karatunsa na farko a fannin tattalin arziki daga Jami'ar New York . Ya daina karatunsa a Makarantar Lauyoyi ta Brooklyn bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa, lokacin da ya fara aiki don tallafa wa mahaifiyarsa.  Daga baya ya sami likitan shari'a daga harabar Kwalejin Shari'a ta Jami'ar Western State, wacce yanzu aka sani da Makarantar Shari'a ta Thomas Jefferson .  

## Sana'a
Alexander ya fara aikinsa a matsayin lauya. Daga 1978 zuwa 2009, ya kasance memba na Lauyoyin Jihar California .  Aikinsa na farko shine cinikin zaɓuɓɓuka da takardun lamuni ga kamfanin Wall Street, Lawrence Kotkin Associates. A shekarar 1980, ya bar aiki don kafa kamfanin saka hannun jari na kansa, The Alexander Group. Ya zuwa shekarar 2008, ya kuma mallaki kashi 18.5% na hannun jari a First Marblehead, wani kamfanin lamunin ɗalibai masu zaman kansu. 

A watan Yuli kafin kakar NBA ta 1993-94, Alexander ya sayi Houston Rockets akan dala miliyan 85. Rockets sun lashe gasar NBA shekaru biyu masu zuwa: daya a kakar '93-94 da kuma wani a kakar '94-95 .  A shekarar 2008, mujallar *Forbes* ta lissafa shi a matsayin mafi kyawun mai NBA. 

A shekarar 1998, Alexander ya yi ƙoƙarin siyan ƙungiyar Edmonton Oilers ta National Hockey League da kuma canja wurin ƙungiyar, amma wani yunƙuri na 'yan kasuwa na gida ya yi nasarar hana sayar da ita. 

Daga 1997 zuwa farkon 2007, Alexander shine mamallakin Houston Comets na WNBA . Comets sun lashe gasar WNBA guda 4 ta farko a gasar daga 1997 zuwa 2000. Ya sayar da kungiyar ga Hilton Koch a watan Janairun 2007, shekara guda kafin The Comets ta ruguje. 

Leslie Alexander ta ƙaddamar da wani haɗin gwiwa da ɗan kasuwan China Kenneth Huang (wanda ya kafa Sportscorp a China), wanda ke zuba jari a kamfanoni da yawa a Asiya.  A shekara ta 2006, ƙungiyar masu zuba jari ƙarƙashin jagorancin Kenneth Huang ta sayi wani ƙaramin hannun jari a cikin Rockets daga Leslie Alexander. 

A ranar 17 ga Yuli, 2017, an sanar da cewa Rockets na sayarwa.  A ranar 5 ga Satumba, 2017, ya cimma yarjejeniyar sayar da Rockets ga abokin cinikinsa Tilman Fertitta na Texas, kafin a amince da gasar, kan rikodin wasanni na ƙwararru a duniya na dala biliyan 2.2.  Kafin tafiyarsa, Alexander ya bai wa Babban Manajan Rockets, Daryl Morey, sabuwar kwangila da kuma tsawaita kwangilar ɗan wasa James Harden tare da kwangilar shekaru 4 mai tarihi ta dala miliyan 228 wanda zai daɗe har zuwa ƙarshen kakar NBA ta 2022-23.   Ya kuma riƙe kofuna biyu na Larry O'Brien Championship da ƙungiyar ta lashe a 1993-94 da 1994-95 a matsayin abin tunawa da mallakarsa, kuma ƙungiyar ta ba da umarnin maye gurbin kofunan kwafi ga ƙungiyar bayan an sayar da su. 

## Gidaje
Yana da gonar inabi a Long Island da kuma kamfanin Leslie Wine mai alaƙa, wanda aka ƙaddamar a shekarar 2008. Yana kuma da gida a Houston. 

A watan Maris na 2019, ya bayar da kwangilar sayar da gidan sarauta na Faransa mai darajar dala miliyan 3.7 a Houston. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Alexander ya saki matarsa Nanci (née Shnapier) a shekara ta 2003, inda ya biya yarjejeniyar dala miliyan 150.  Suna da ɗa ɗaya da jikoki biyu.

An haifi Alexander Bayahude amma ya bayyana a matsayin wanda ba shi da imani da Allah .  Shi mai goyon bayan Jam'iyyar Democrat ne kuma ya bayar da gudummawar dala 15,000 a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata ga 'yan takarar Democrat.  Ya sayi gidan bene mai hawa biyu na 18 Gramercy Park a shekarar 2012, wanda aka ruwaito kan dala miliyan 42. 

*Forbes* ta kiyasta cewa dukiyar Alexander ta kai kimanin dala biliyan 1.9 a shekarar 2024, wanda hakan ya sanya shi a matsayi na #1710 a jerin mutanen da suka fi arziki a Amurka a mujallar. 

A ranar 27 ga Maris, 2017, Alexander ya yi alƙawarin dala miliyan 10 ga ƙungiyoyin agaji 20 na Houston, waɗanda suka haɗa da Cibiyar Mata ta Yankin Houston, Gidauniyar Laburare ta Jama'a ta Houston, Kula da Marasa Gidaje – Houston, da kuma Kare Dabbobi na Citizens for Animal Protection.  Ya kuma yi alƙawarin dala miliyan 10 don ayyukan agaji bayan guguwar Harvey, wadda ta lalata birnin a watan Agusta na 2017.

Alexander mai goyon bayan cibiyar Hampton Bays ce wadda ke da nufin ceto dabbobi.  

A shekarar 1998, an karrama shi da tsohuwar matarsa, Nanci Shnapier, a matsayin mafi girman masu ba da gudummawa ga Jama'a don Kula da Dabbobi (PETA).  Yana kuma tallafawa wurin ajiye dawaki a Middleburg, Virginia . 

## Manazarta