JOE and GAVIN MALOOF, pro sports team and casino owners�The owners of Maloof Sports and Entertainment, parent company of the Sacramento Kings and Monarchs pro basketball teams, are part of a family empire encompassing a multitude of business interests, including the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, a beer distributorship in New Mexico, a music label, a movie and television production company, and the Maloof Money Cup, an Orange County event billed as the world�s greatest skateboarding competition. (The Maloof Companies also is one of the largest single shareholders in Wells Fargo Bank.) Locally, these brothers� influence makes a huge imprint: With more than 1,200 full- and part-time workers, Maloof Sports and Entertainment is one of the 25 largest employers in the area and has donated more than $13 million toward community causes. Just as significant, the Maloofs� Kings, rising to unparalleled heights and reaching the NBA playoffs from 1999 to 2006, have spread Sacramento�s name all around the globe.