Mr. Silver has been instrumental in many league accomplishments, including playing a key role in the negotiations of the league’s last two television agreements, the last three Collective Bargaining Agreements with the NBA Players Association, and the development of the WNBA and NBA Development League. During Mr. Silver's tenure, the NBA has seen rapid expansion of its digital activities as NBA Entertainment launched NBA TV – the league’s 24-hour television channel – and developed the NBA.com Network, which consists of more than 60 unique Web sites including NBA.com, WNBA.com, NBADLeague.com, team sites for the three leagues, and ten international sections of NBA.com. Silver also oversees the NBA’s and WNBA’s game telecasts, which are carried in 215 countries in 41 languages.

NBA Entertainment’s Global Merchandising Group -- responsible for the product development, merchandising, licensing, sales development, e-commerce, retail and direct-to-consumer initiatives of the NBA and WNBA – has seen record growth during Mr. Silver’s tenure and sales of NBA and WNBA merchandise exceeded $3 billion at retail last year. Also under Mr. Silver’s supervision are the Global Media Properties and Marketing Partnerships divisions, as well as the advertising sales within the league’s extensive media inventory.

Mr. Silver has consistently been named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Sports by BusinessWeek, the Sporting News and the SportsBusiness Journal. He has also been recognized by Time Magazine and CNN on their list of Global Business Influentials, which features 20 of the world’s leading corporate executives.  Mr. Silver joined the NBA in 1992 and previously served under Commissioner Stern as Special Assistant to the Commissioner; NBA Chief of Staff; Senior Vice President and COO, NBA Entertainment; and President and COO, NBA Entertainment.