Andre Iguodala
Biography
Andre Iguodala, who plays for the Miami Heat, has made his mark as one of the NBA’s premier players. Andre is a three-time NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors, the team he played for from 2013-2019.
During his time with Golden State, Andre played a leading role in each of the team’s championship seasons. Throughout the 2017 championship run, he further established his legacy as a standout defensive force and indomitable “sixth man.” In 2015 Andre received the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. He was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and has been named to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice. Andre was also a member of the United States national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal both times.
Off the court, Andre is at the forefront of venture capital and technology. He has invested in more than 40 companies through his firm F9 Strategies, including Zoom, Datadog, PagerDuty and Allbirds. Andre is an investor and a member of the Board of Directors for Jumia Technologies, a leading e-commerce platform widely considered the “Amazon of Africa.” He also serves as a Board Advisor at enterprise software company Zuora.
Andre is currently a Venture Partner at the Catalyst Fund, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, which supports startups with founders from diverse backgrounds. He focuses on investments in companies founded by African American, Latinx and female entrepreneurs.
Andre has been a featured speaker at events at Harvard Business School, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Pager Duty, Airbnb and Salesforce. Andre has served on the National Basketball Players Association executive committee since 2015, and currently acts as its First Vice President.
In 2017 Andre partnered with Bloomberg on the creation of The Players Technology Summit which convenes top executives and leaders in the technology, venture capital and sports communities.
Andre’s memoir, The Sixth Man, written with Carvell Wallace, was published by Penguin Random House in June 2019 and debuted on the New York Times Bestsellers List. It has been translated into Italian and is forthcoming in Mandarin.