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The Miller Family selling the Jazz Franchise to the Founder of Qualtrics

The Miller Family, who has owned the Utah Jazz for the past 35 years is selling the Jazz Franchise to the Founder of Qualtrics, Ryan Smith.

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Richard Markosian

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The Miller Family, who has owned the Utah Jazz for the past 35 years is selling the Jazz Franchise to the Founder of Qualtrics, Ryan Smith.

Smith recently sold his tech company Qualtrics for $8 billion. He bought the Utah Jazz for $1.8  billion according to ESPN. Smith was behind the campaign 5 for the fight. He has had a long-standing relationship with the Miller family, and they trust that he will do well with the franchise. He is also purchasing the Vivint Smart Home Arena, the Salt Lake Bees, and the Utah Starz.

Smith is 44 years old and he still has about $5 billion to spend. Do you think he drives a Tesla? Or a Land Rover? He looks like a Tesla type of guy.

I’d like to have him on the show.

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Richard Markosian

I am a story teller and journalist. I have a passion for farmers, local craftspeople, and folks who aspire to create, build and grow their business in the local marketplace. Why local? By supporting locally-owned businesses we create more opportunity for entrepreneurs, and we claim our sovereignty to shape our communities how we want to see them. I aspire to build Utah Stories Magazine into a household Utah name, and assist Utah businesses and makers with marketing. On the journalism side of things my passion is investigative journalism that offers true insight into issues. I believe strongly in the forth estate: strong, meaningful, insightful journalism is essential to a free market Democracy.

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