NBA star Kevin Durant becomes minority owner of NJ/NY Gotham FC

Two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant has been named as a minority owner of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) club NJ/NY Gotham FC.

Thirty Five Ventures (35V), which was co-founded by the Brooklyn Nets star and entrepreneur Rich Kleiman, becomes the third different party to acquire a stake in the club since March.

Durant is the latest sporting figure to obtain a stake in the NWSL club after ex-U.S. women’s national team star Carli Lloyd also became a minority owner 6 months after retiring from the game. The NBA star joins an ownership group led by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his wife, Tammy. The other minority owners are Kristin Bernert, Karen Bryant and Ed Nalbandian.