Grant Hill

Grant Hill is a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, an Olympic gold medalist, sports commentator, and basketball executive; he is also an investor, philanthropist, and art collector. At Duke – where he double majored in history and political science – Hill was a three-time All-American and led the Blue Devils to win two NCAA championships. After graduating, Hill was drafted 3rd in the NBA draft and had a successful 19-year NBA career, largely with the Detroit Pistons. Hill retired at the end of the 2012-13 season and continued his involvement in basketball as an analyst and as a co-owner and executive of the Atlanta Hawks. He and his wife, Canadian singer Tamia Hill, are also part owners of the Baltimore Orioles, Orlando City SC in Major League Soccer and the Orlando Pride in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Hill is the founder of Hill Ventures, a marketing company, and Penta Capital, a private equity firm. He is an active philanthropist, and is one of the world's premier collectors of African American art, including works by Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, and Hughie Lee-Smith. An exhibition of his pieces from his collection toured the United States, accompanied by the book Something All Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art (2003). Hill also founded Point Road Production company with filmmaker Bill Rafferty, and has produced two documentary films, “Starting at the Finish Line” and “Duke 91 & 92: Back to Back.” His autobiography, Game, was published in 2022. He served as the managing director of the gold medal-winning USA Basketball Men’s National Team for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.