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David Stern

1942 - 2020

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David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014. Stern oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s. He is credited with developing and broadening the NBA's audience, especially internationally by setting up training camps, playing exhibition games, and recruiting more international players. In addition, with Stern's guidance the NBA opened 12 offices in cities outside the United States, and broadcast to over 200 territories in over 40 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). David Stern is the 365th most popular businessperson (down from 316th in 2024), the 4,445th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,569th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, David Stern ranks 365 out of 847. Before him are Paul Castellano, Karl Rapp, John Sculley, Jack Welch, Alfred Edwards, and Sergei Shchukin. After him are Roger Ailes, Timothy Dexter, David Richards, Ma Huateng, Toto Wolff, and Arthur Guinness.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, David Stern ranks 273. Before him are Montserrat Figueras, Phil Esposito, Gunilla Bergström, Gijs van Lennep, Colin Groves, and Radu Vasile. After him are Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Günter Wallraff, B. J. Thomas, Clarence Clemons, Pyotr Klimuk, and Reinhard Mey. Among people deceased in 2020, David Stern ranks 248. Before him are Silvio Marzolini, Tarun Gogoi, Jack Welch, Ken Shimura, Sadiq al-Mahdi, and Park Won-soon. After him are Nur Hassan Hussein, Stuart Whitman, Italo De Zan, Ann E. Todd, Hans-Jochen Vogel, and Branko Kostić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Stern ranks 4,445 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Cousy (1928), Diplo (1978), Eddie Lawson (1958), Fred Quimby (1886), John Havlicek (1940), and Jim Carroll (1949). After him are Roger Ailes (1940), Dennis Sullivan (1941), Norman Finkelstein (1953), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970), Afrika Bambaataa (1957), and Burt Kennedy (1922).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, David Stern ranks 116. Before him are Linda Yaccarino (1963), Bob Iger (1951), Chad Hurley (1977), Paul Castellano (1915), John Sculley (1939), and Jack Welch (1935). After him are Roger Ailes (1940), Timothy Dexter (1747), Erin Brockovich (1960), Arnold Rothstein (1882), Douglas Tompkins (1943), and Sylvia Beach (1887).

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