Nicole Lacob (born Nicole Curran) is a celebrity spouse famed for being the wife of American business executive who is a partner at Kleiner Perkins and the majority owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association Joseph Lacob.
Nicole’s husband Joseph Lacob is an American business executive who is a partner at Kleiner Perkins and the majority owner of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.
In January 2006 Lacob became part-owner of the Celtics, where he became a co-investor with H. Irving Grousbeck, an entrepreneur and a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
On July 15, 2010, Lacob headed a group of investors to buy the Golden State Warriors of the NBA from Chris Cohan for $450 million, requiring him to sell his minority interest in the Celtics.
The Lacob – Peter Guber group won out over a dozen other bidders for the Warriors, including Oracle chief executive officer Larry Ellison, 24-Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov and Texas billionaire financier David Bonderman.
Who is Nicole Lacob?
Nicole Lacob was born Nicole Curran and she is currently in her eighth year as Board President of the Warriors Community Foundation.
Under her leadership, the charitable arm of the Golden State Warriors has delivered more than $24 million in impact, including $13 million in grants to Bay Area nonprofit organizations supporting education and youth development, making it one of the most generous foundations in professional sports.
Nicole has also helped the Foundation expand its collaboration efforts by partnering with both Salesforce for the annual Hoops 4 Kids program and Kaiser Permanente for Generation Thrive, a first-of-its-kind non-profit hub that provides education and wellness support to Bay Area non-profit organizations and schools.
Prior to being Board President of the Warriors Community Foundation, Nicole spent time in the wine industry and also spent seven years in education as a high school teacher in history and government.
Nicole is a native of Washington, DC, and is a 2018 inductee to the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame for her philanthropic work.