(Reuters) -The Buss family agreed in principle on Fridayto sell the Los Angeles Lakers, who have won 17 National Basketball Association championships, to financier Mark Walter in a world record deal that values the franchise at $10 billion.

Walter is chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, a global financial services firm with more than $325 billion in assets.

He led the groupthat bought the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012, according to The Athletic, and currently holds the controlling share in the baseball franchise.

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(Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss)