Recently, ESPN reported that Adam Silver’s success as the NBA’s commissioner has led NFL team owners — and even Fortune 500 companies — to approach him to consider leading their organizations.
Leonsis sang Silver’s praises, saying that the commissioner is “steady as a rock, and the most graceful businessman I’ve ever been around,” he said. The Wizards CEO said he was impressed the way Silver has managed through multiple points of views at ownership meetings, and that the players have always come first.
“He believes in democracy and he hasn’t been tyrannical in the way he’s gotten the best of us,” he added.
Last week, Amazon created a firestorm after it axed a proposal to build a second headquarters in New York City, amid a groundswell of local opposition to the project. Northern Virginia was the second site selected by the online retail giant, and Leonsis spoke highly about Amazon’s presence in the region.
“I can’t speak at all to [the controversy] In New York, but we’ve welcomed Amazon with open arms to Northern Virginia and Washington DC,” Leonsis said, adding that he’s worked with Bezos and the company since 1994.
“We’re absolutely thrilled that they’ve come to DC,” he said citing everything from the workforce to the technology infrastructure that it has brought. “Three airports, eight universities… we all came to gather to create an environment that said we want Amazon to come to our community, and we’re thrilled they made that decision”
Source:CNBC
