I spent the last few days at the Sportico Summit in Doha, Qatar, where we focused on topics surrounding the intersection of sports, media, and entertainment! The summit brought together a remarkable group of speakers, including former President Barack Obama; former Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair; Red Bird Capital Founder Gerry Cardinale; my good friend, CEO of Endeavor, and Hollywood Power Broker Ari Emmanuel, NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark A. Tatum, and Joseph C. Tsai, co-founder of Alibaba Group and owner of the NBA Brooklyn Nets and the newly crowned WNBA Champion New York Liberty! All the speakers I listened to were incredible, but a standout for me was actor, entrepreneur and storyteller Ryan Reynolds, who is extremely impressive!
The Summit also gave me the opportunity to reconnect with some amazing people. I ran into Minority Owner of the Denver Broncos and Co-CEO of Ariel Investments, Mellody Hobson, as well as Co-Founder of RocNation Jay Brown, his Marcypen Capital Partn...