Joe Tsai is listed as controlling owner of the New York Liberty (Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai), per Owner release.
Ownership timeline
| Date | Event | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2019 | Control sale closed | The Madison Square Garden Company → B-Cubed Basketball, LLC (Joe and Clara Wu Tsai). Not disclosed in seller filing (sportico estimate $10-14m; reported debt assumption). | SEC filing |
| January 30, 2019 | Ownership role on record | principal; stake not disclosed. | SEC filing |
| March 27, 2025 | Facility announced | New York Liberty practice facility | Team release |
| March 27, 2025 | Facility status: under construction | New York Liberty practice facility | Team release |
| May 1, 2026 | Sportico valuation estimate | $600M (publisher estimate, not a price) | Sportico report |
| May 4, 2026 | CNBC valuation estimate | $600M (publisher estimate, not a price) | CNBC report |
New from FCB: 6 dated, sourced events compiled from FCB's ledger into one timeline. Permalink: https://fullcourtbuckets.com/wnba/owners/joe-tsai/#timeline
Stake and roles compared
Joe TsaiStake: not disclosed. No investor at any of the 15 active teams has a disclosed stake in FCB's register. Team governor: not yet sourced (1 of 15 governors sourced). NBA relationship: Shared control (Nets).
Documented entities
- B-Cubed Basketball, LLC: buyer of the Liberty from MSG (Jan 30, 2019) (SEC filing)
- New York Liberty, LLC: operating entity (foreign LLC registered in NY) (NY state registry record 4773210 (open-data API; see CSV))
- BSE Global, LLC: parent (Nets, Liberty, Barclays Center) (NY state registry record 7925006 (open-data API; see CSV))
A registry or filing entry is not by itself proof of ownership or control.
Sources
- https://bkse.com/news/bse-global-announce-julia-koch-and-family-as-new-strategic-partners · archive.org lookup
- https://liberty.wnba.com/news/new-york-liberty-announce-dedicated-state-of-the-art-practice-facility-in-brooklyn · archive.org lookup
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/2-new-york-liberty.html · archive.org lookup
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000163651919000003/tmsgc12312018-10q.htm · archive.org lookup
- https://www.sportico.com/valuations/teams/2026/wnba-team-values-2026-valkyries-liberty-fever-1234891620/ · archive.org lookup
Photo: Joseph Tsai at the 2024 New York Liberty Ticker Tape Parade (cropped).jpg by WOWyerrr, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped by FCB.
Full dataset, methods and corrections: WNBA team owners 2026. Corrections: ryan@fullcourtbuckets.com. License: FCB data and text are free to use and republish (CC0); photos and linked documents keep their own licenses.
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