Athletes in PE

Just saw this article about Steve Young, who is apparently working in PE and fairly good at it. Definitely happy to hear this since her was one of my favorite athletes growing up. That being said, it seems like a lot of athletes are just hired to impress investors and management teams. Are there any other examples of professional athletes that are actually good at investing?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-0…

 

For someone like Robinson, I wonder how much he is actually involved in the investment business and how much he is just being used for investor relations and publicity.

I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player. Or nothing. See my Blog & AMA
 

TON of athletes in finance. Just varying levels of notoriety. Obvi Shaq isn't gonna be a Partner at Apollo.

But the guy that played at Stanford and was a 5th or 6th round pick that you never heard of.. that GS TMT gave an offer to is now in PE turns up if you really dig around. Also for former hockey players. Guys that busted out of the AHL or only played a season or 2 abroad

 

Always found it amusing when I saw guys currently on NFL rosters with updated LinkedIn profiles (and sometimes premium). Now I realize that they're probably using it to network into finance or whatever desired industry.

Gimme the loot
 

Grant Hill seems to be doing his thing.

http://www.pentamezz.com/team/

Grant Hill | Senior Advisor and Investment Committee Member

Prior to founding Penta Mezzanine Fund, Grant was the Founder of Hill Ventures, Inc., an Orlando-based marketing company. He has invested more than $150 million in major commercial real estate transactions. Mr. Hill has also been the principal spokesperson for numerous iconic brands and products including McDonald’s, Sprite, GMC Trucks, Northwest Airlines, Tag Heuer and Kellogg’s. Grant earned a B.A. in History from Duke University, where he also played collegiate basketball

They don't even mention that he was the 1995 NBA co-Rookie of the Year, a seven-time NBA All-Star, or a five-time All-NBA selection.

He and Tony Ressler purchased the Atlanta Hawks in 2015, too.

 

I interviewed at steve young's fund - the partners there are remarkably bright. Though I did not get a chance to meet him, I am under the impression that he is not too bogged down with investments and investment operations and more on the "shaking hands" front. There's nothing wrong with that at all though, it's arguably just as important as anything else.

 

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