Dwyane Wade

As a three-time NBA Champion and Hall of Famer, Olympic Gold medalist and thirteen-time NBA All-Star, Dwyane Wade has experienced a whirlwind career. Dwyane Wade is a businessman with partnerships including Wade Cellars, Li-Ning, MISSION, Thorne, Stance, and BallerTV. Wade joined the Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake ownership groups in 2021. He is a board of trustee member for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and recently joined the UC Davis Executive Leadership Board for the department of Viticulture and Enology to support their efforts in bringing more diversity to the wine industry. Wade and Gabrielle Union launched Proudly, a sustainable baby care brand made specifically for babies and children of color. Founder of 59th & Prairie Entertainment, he is an executive producer of D. Wade: Life Unexpected, the Sports Emmy–nominated documentary Shot in the Dark, the Oscar-winning animated short Hair Love, Barber of Little Rock, and Netflix’s The Redeem Team and The Dads. He is the New York Times bestselling author of A Father First, co-authored the New York Times bestselling children’s book Shady Baby, and recently released his photographic memoir DWYANE. Wade cofounded the Social Change Fund United to invest in and support organizations focused on empowering communities of color and advocating for the human rights of all Black lives. The Wade Family Foundation provides relief to marginalized communities in need. Wade remains committed to using his platform to help advance racial justice and LGBTQ equality. Wade played in the NBA from 2003 to 2019, primarily for the Miami Heat. He was selected as an NBA All-Star 13 times, won three NBA championships, and was named the 2006 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. He is the Heat’s all-time leader in points, games played, assists, and steals and the NBA’s all-time leader for blocks by a guard. He represented the United States in the 2004 Athens Summer Games and brought home the Gold representing the USA in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Wade was named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary team as one of the 75 greatest players in NBA history.