{"id":612322,"date":"2026-02-19T20:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/612322\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:52:18","slug":"lakers-hire-lon-rosen-as-president-of-business-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/612322\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers hire Lon Rosen as president of business operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers have hired Lon Rosen as the franchise\u2019s president of business operations, the team announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rosen replaces Tim Harris, longtime president of business operations, after Harris announced in an email to colleagues earlier in the week that he was stepping down from the role he had for over 30 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rosen has been the Dodgers executive vice president and chief marketing officer since 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38544248\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/USATSI_26050207.jpg\" alt=\"Two men wearing Dodgers jackets on a field, one with his hands in his pockets, the other gesturing with his right hand.\" class=\"wp-image-38544248\"  \/>Los Angeles Dodgers president Stan Kasten (left) and executive vice president Lon Rosen before a game against the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<br \/>\n Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Lakers owner Mark Walter, who acquired majority ownership of the franchise from the Buss family in October, is also the controlling owner of the Dodgers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rosen started his career with the Lakers as an intern while in college before becoming a front office executive in the 1980s, eventually becoming an agent and business executive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s represented and has been a business partner with Lakers icon Magic Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many years, I have seen the impact that Lon has had in our industry,\u201d Lakers governor Jeanie Buss said in a statement. \u201cOver that time, I have learned that not only is Lon a great person, but he also has a deep understanding of both sports and entertainment and a true feel for where this business is headed.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38544268\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2006241630_384fb3.jpg\" alt=\"Fans at a baseball game lean over a chain-link fence, waiting for an autograph from a man in a light blue patterned shirt.\" class=\"wp-image-38544268\"  \/>Dodgers executive vice president Lon Rosen walks past fans during day two of spring training at Camelback Ranch.  (Robert Gauthier\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<br \/>\n Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Buss added: \u201cFinding someone who could fill Tim\u2019s shoes overseeing the business side of our organization would never be easy. The answer, we soon realized, was someone both Mark and I knew well \u2013 and who already understood the values, culture and commitment to excellence of both the Dodgers and the Lakers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lakers have hired Lon Rosen as the franchise\u2019s president of business operations, the team announced on Thursday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,160,4034,1698,300,4044,251,441,150,4033,4043,6,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-612322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-lakers","12":"tag-lakers","13":"tag-lalakers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-losangeleslakers","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116099283010831381","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}