Giacomo Tognini: 1/Lauren Leichtman spent four decades building a successful private equity firm-Levine Leichtman Capital Partners-with her husband, Arthur Levine. Her latest deal? Buying the National Women's Soccer League's San Diego Wave last October. Read here @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

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1/Lauren Leichtman spent four decades building a successful private equity firm-Levine Leichtman Capital Partners-with her husband, Arthur Levine. Her latest deal? Buying the National Women's Soccer League's San Diego Wave last October. Read here @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
How The New San Diego Wave Owner Amassed Her Billion Dollar Fortune

Lauren Leichtman spent four decades building a super successful private equity firm with her husband. Now the couple is betting on a women's pro soccer team.

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2/She's a newcomer to this year's America's Richest Self-Made Women list with an estimated $1.3 billion fortune. In an industry dominated by men, she's the only woman to become a billionaire in private equity, with investments in well-known companies including Wetzel's Pretzels.

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3/Since she and Levine stepped back from day-to-day management of the firm in 2020, they've focused on philanthropy and their family office. The Wave has been a good investment: its value has already increased by 46%, and former captain Alex Morgan joined as a minority investor in May.

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How The New San Diego Wave Owner Amassed Her Billion Dollar Fortune