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The Detroit Pistons Basketball Company
 PROFILE
It's appropriate that a team named after a car part would end up in Detroit. The Detroit Pistons, one of the oldest teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA), was founded in 1941 as the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Zollner Pistons by auto piston maker Fred Zollner. The team moved to Detroit in 1957. The Pistons became one of the sport's perennial also-rans, playing more than 40 years before earning its first championship. An investment group led by William Davidson (billionaire CEO of Guardian Industries) owns the team and its arena, The Palace of Auburn Hills. The group also owns a handful of other sports franchises, including the Detroit Shock (women's basketball) and the Tampa Bay Lightning (hockey).

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
2000 Sales (mil.): 90.60
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 76.6%
Employees: 300
Revenue per employee: $302,000.00

 KEY PEOPLE
• Thomas S. Wilson
    CEO
• Alan Ostfield
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
2 Championship Dr.
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
US
Phone: 248-377-0100
Fax: 248-377-4262
Online: Web Site

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