Clay Bennett (mai kasuwanci)

**Clayton Ike Bennett** (an haife shi a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba, 1959)  ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka kuma shugaban ƙungiyar Professional Basketball Club LLC, ƙungiyar masu mallakar Oklahoma City Thunder, wata ƙungiyar NBA da aka fi sani da Seattle SuperSonics . Bennett shine shugaban Dorchester Capital Corporation da ke Oklahoma City, kuma shine shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na ƙungiyar Oklahoma Heritage Association kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na Jami'ar Oklahoma daga 2011 zuwa 2019.   

## Farkon aikin kasuwanci
Bennett yana ɗaya daga cikin masu San Antonio Spurs a tsakiyar shekarun 1990, inda ɗaya daga cikin manyan ayyukansa shine wakiltar ƙungiyar a Kwamitin Gwamnonin NBA . Kafin kakar NBA ta 2005-06, Bennett, tare da Aubrey McClendon na Chesapeake Energy Corporation da ke Oklahoma City, Tom L. Ward na SandRidge Energy Corporation da ke Oklahoma City, da G. Jeffrey Records Jr. na MidFirst Bank da ke Oklahoma City, sun haɗu da birnin Oklahoma City da jihar Oklahoma wajen samar da garantin samun kuɗin shiga ga New Orleans Hornets na NBA. Wannan ya haifar da ƙaura da Hornets zuwa Oklahoma City na tsawon shekaru biyu. Matsar da Hornets na ɗan lokaci zuwa Oklahoma City ya samo asali ne daga lalacewar filin wasa da kayayyakin more rayuwa a New Orleans wanda guguwar Katrina ta haifar.

## Oklahoma City Thunder
Bennett shine shugaban ƙungiyar Professional Basketball Club LLC (PBC) da ke Oklahoma City, wacce ke da mallakin Oklahoma City Thunder ta NBA . An san ta da Seattle SuperSonics a da, an sayi ƙungiyar daga Howard Schultz a shekarar 2006 akan kimanin dala miliyan 350, inda Bennett ya yi alƙawarin yin aiki tuƙuru don ci gaba da kasancewa a Seattle, muddin akwai alƙawarin jama'a ga sabuwar fagen. Bayan ya kasa samun dala miliyan 500 na kuɗaɗen jama'a daga harajin gida don gina sabon filin wasa na kewayen birni ga ƙungiyar,  Bennett ya sanar da NBA a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 2007, game da niyyar ƙungiyar masu mallakar ƙungiyar na ƙaura da ƙungiyar zuwa Oklahoma City.    A ranar 21 ga Maris, 2008, Bennett ya bayyana shirinsa na ƙaura da ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando.  A ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 2008, masu NBA sun ba da izinin ƙaura da ikon mallakar kamfanin daga Seattle don kakar wasa ta 2008-2009 har sai an kammala shari'ar birnin don tabbatar da hayar da kuma ƙarar da ƙungiyar masu mallakar kamfanin ta shigar don soke siyan.  A ranar 2 ga Yuli, 2008, ƙungiyar masu mallakar Bennett ta cimma yarjejeniyar sulhu a cikin ƙarar da birnin Seattle ya shigar, don haka ta ba da damar ikon mallakar kamfanin ya ƙaura daga Seattle zuwa Oklahoma City.  

A ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 2011, an naɗa Bennett a matsayin shugaban kwamitin ƙaura na NBA.

A ranar 15 ga Mayu, 2013, Bennett ya kasance cikin kwamitin gwamnonin da suka kaɗa ƙuri'a, 22-8, kan batun mayar da Sacramento Kings zuwa Seattle.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Bennett yana auren Louise Gaylord Bennett, 'yar hamshakin mai yada labarai na Oklahoma City , Edward L. Gaylord . Bennett da Louise Gaylord masoya ne na makarantar sakandare, suna haɗuwa tun yana ɗan shekara biyu kuma ita ce ɗalibi na farko. Suna da 'ya'ya uku. Surukan Bennett kuma suna da alaƙa da mallakar wasanni na ƙwararru, domin Gaylords sun taɓa mallakar ƙaramin kaso na Texas Rangers - wani kaso wanda daga baya aka sayar wa shugaban Republican na gaba George W. Bush . Bennett ɗan Republican ne.  Bennett shine shugaban wata ƙungiya mai aiki da ke ganowa da neman sauye-sauye a shari'ar laifuka don rage cunkoson gidajen yari a Oklahoma City. 

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