Andre Iguodala, an 18-year veteran of the NBA, has made his mark as one of the league’s premier players. A four-time NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors and one of the leaders of the Miami Heat team that played in the 2020 NBA Finals, Andre has also found success in the business world with entrepreneurial ventures in technology and e-commerce.

Known for his savvy business instincts, Andre has been at the forefront of venture capital and technology. He has invested in more than 50 companies through his firm F9 Strategies, including Zoom, Robinhood, Datadog, HIMS, Cloudflare, PagerDuty and Allbirds. Andre is an investor and a member of the Board of Directors for Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA), a leading e-commerce platform widely considered the “Amazon of Africa.” He also serves as a Board Advisor at enterprise software company Zuora.

Andre has earned the reputation as a thought leader in sports, business and venture capital. He has been a featured speaker at events at Harvard Business School, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Pager Duty, AirBNB and Salesforce. Andre has served on the National Basketball Players Association executive committee since 2015, and currently acts as its First Vice President.

In 2017 Andre partnered with Bloomberg on the creation of The Players Technology Summit. The annual summit convenes top executives and leaders in the technology, venture capital and sports communities to exchange ideas and share expertise in an educational and empowering forum.

Andre’s memoir, “The Sixth Man,” was published by Penguin Random House in June 2019 and debuted at #6 on the New York Times Best Sellers Nonfiction list.

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