PROFILE Gordon Gund
Age: 64, born Oct. 15, 1939, in Cleveland.
Experience: Chairman and chief executive officer of Gund Investment Corp.; on board of directors for Battle Creek, Mich.-based Kellogg Co.; on the board of directors for technology company Corning Inc. of New York; board member of U.S. Olympic Committee. Bought Cleveland Cavaliers in 1983 with brother, George. The brothers also owned National League Hockey's San Jose Sharks, until they sold it in 2002. Gordon Gund cut ties with the WNBA Cleveland Rockers this year, saying the team couldn't be profitable.
Of note: Lost eyesight to a degenerative retina disorder called retinitis pigmentosa; formed the Fighting Blindness Foundation in 1971, raising $175 million for research.
Family: Wife, Lulie, married in 1966; sons, Grant and Zachary; brother, George Gund III; sister, Agnes Gund, president of New York City Museum of Modern Art.
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