Daniel Gilbert is an American billionaire businessman and founder of Quicken Loans and Rock Ventures. He has various sports franchises including the NBA G League's Canton Charge, the Arena Football League's Cleveland Gladiators, and the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters. He is also the chairman of JACK Entertainment.
Dan Gilbert is a billionaire businessman and founder of Quicken Loans and Rock Ventures. He became a majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers in March 2005. His tenure, the Cavs won six Central Division championships, five Eastern Conference champions and one NBA championship which ended the 52-year Cleveland sports curse. In 2016, his Lake Erie Monsters won the AHL's top prize the Calder Cup giving him two championships within eight days. In 2007, he bought the dormant Utah Grizzlies American Hockey League franchise, moved it to Cleveland and renamed it the Lake Erie Monsters. In 2011, he purchased the New Mexico Thunderbirds from what was then the NBA Developmental League and moved them to Canton, Ohio renaming them the Canton Charge and making them the Cavaliers Affiliate. According to professional Call of Duty player Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag. He has made a multimillion-dollar investment into Nadeshot's eSports team called 100Thieves.
Dan Gilbert grew up in Southfield, Michigan, where he attended Southfield-Lathrup High School. He gains a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan. He earned a real estate agent's license while in college. He worked part-time at his parents Century 21 Real Estate agency while in law school.
Dan Gilbert was born on January 17, 1962, in Detroit, Michigan. He holds American nationality and belongs to White ethnicity. His birth sign is Capricorn and religion is Jewish. There is on information about his family background and childhood.
Dan Gilbert and LeBron James have been documented as incredibly strained, especially since The Letter. He received national attention July 8, 2010, when NBA basketball superstar and northeast Ohio LeBron James announced that he was leaving the Cavaliers for the Miami Heat on a highly criticized ESPN television special dubbed The Decision. He published an open letter in Comic Sans to Cleveland Cavaliers fans. On July 12, 2010, NBA Commissioner David Stern fined Gilbert $100,000 for his remarks in the letter.
Dan Gilbert height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65m) tall and body weight is unknown. He has black hair and brown eyes.
Dan Gilbert is a married man. He married Jennifer Gilbert. His wife serves on the Gilbert Family Neurofibromatosis Institute at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and also serves on the boards of ORT America and the Israeli and Overseas Committee of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. They have been blessed with five children.
Dan Gilbert estimated net worth of $6.3 billion as of 2018 and his salary is unknown. He earns a good amount of money from his profession.