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Adam Silver

1962 - Today

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Adam Silver (born April 25, 1962) is an American lawyer and sports executive who serves as the fifth and current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined the NBA in 1992 and has held various positions within the league, becoming chief operating officer and deputy commissioner under his predecessor and mentor David Stern in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Silver has received more than 4,234,982 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Adam Silver is the 557th most popular businessperson (down from 497th in 2019), the 7,952nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,268th in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Adam Silver ranks 557 out of 847. Before her are Jean-Dominique Senard, Kaz Hirai, Herb Kohl, Stafford Beer, Christy Walton, and Sherry Lansing. After her are Howard Stringer, Marcus Loew, Arkady Volozh, Bruce Buck, Jerry Yang, and Tim O'Reilly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Adam Silver ranks 310. Before her are Danny Faure, Carlos Bernard, Isabelle Nanty, Ali Smith, Oceano Cruz, and Lee Arenberg. After her are Nasko Sirakov, Jeff Garlin, Aya Kitō, Aida Turturro, Berry van Aerle, and Martin Wuttke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adam Silver ranks 7,952 out of 20,380. Before her are George Stibitz (1904), Lee Arenberg (1962), Busby Berkeley (1895), Elaine Stritch (1925), Troy Kotsur (1968), and Jerry Weintraub (1937). After her are Norman Ross (1895), Sydney Lassick (1922), Phil Mahre (1957), Lisa Blount (1957), Stephen Dorff (1973), and Dion DiMucci (1939).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Adam Silver ranks 184. Before her are Trip Hawkins (1953), Richard Bass (1929), Susan Kare (1954), Herb Kohl (1935), Christy Walton (1949), and Sherry Lansing (1944). After her are Marcus Loew (1870), Bruce Buck (1946), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Jacqueline Mars (1939), James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841), and Eric Trump (1984).

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