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Sports

Ryan Smith places official bid to bring NHL team to the Beehive State

By Sam Foster
January 24, 2024 12:00 AM
Ryan Smith broke into the sports world in 2020 when he purchased the Utah Jazz from longtime owner, Gail Miller.
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State

Professional women's soccer team to return to Utah in 2024

By Marissa Lundeen
March 21, 2023 12:00 AM
Real Salt Lake owners announced on March 11 that the National Women's Soccer League will be returning to Utah in 2024.
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Campus News

Highlights from BYU Colleges: BYU's Synthesis performs at jazz championship, the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences announces new department chair

By Andrea Zapata Mejia
July 12, 2022 12:00 AM
College of Fine Arts and Communications
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Soccer

Ryan Smith joins Real Salt Lake ownership: What can fans expect?

By Mike Miller
January 11, 2022 12:00 AM
BYU alumnus and owner of the Utah Jazz Ryan Smith joined the new ownership group for Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake. Smith's Smith Entertainment Group partnered with David Blitzer to purchase RSL from previous owner Dell Loy Hansen.
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Local

BYU alum takes Qualtrics from Provo basement to stock market

By Emily Atwood
February 10, 2021 12:00 AM
The experience management company Qualtrics officially went public on Jan. 28, smashing Utah's record for highest IPO.
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Basketball

BYU alumnus and Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith buys NBA's Utah Jazz

By Caleb Turner
October 28, 2020 12:00 AM
The Utah Jazz announced Wednesday morning the sale of the team and Vivint Smart Home Arena to BYU alumnus and Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith.
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Campus Events

Film and music festival celebrates student creatives and public domain

By Whitney Bigelow
February 06, 2020 12:00 AM
Student filmmakers and musicians walked away from Wednesday night’s Public Domain Film and Music Festival with over $3000 in cash prizes.
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Business

Clayton Christensen, business leaders speak at Qualtrics Insight Summit

By Benjamin Steele
March 03, 2017 12:00 AM
Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith interviews best-selling author and financial journalist Michael Lewis at the Qualtrics Insight Summit in Salt Lake City this week. Lewis was among a power roster of speakers at the conference. (Alan Mark)
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Local

Qualtrics to be featured in Forbes magazine, turns down $500 million investment

By Kristen Christensen
May 29, 2012 12:00 AM
Forbes magazine will publish a story about Qualtrics, a Provo-based online data collection and analysis software company, turning down a $500 million investment offer to accept a joint investment offer of $70 million from Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital.
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