Adam Silver Ranked NBA's Most Influential

Adam Silver is the most influential person in sports business, while the clout of the NFL's Roger Goodell apparently has waned, according to an annual list published Monday by SportsBusiness Daily.


He is an American lawyer and the commissioner of the National Basketball Association. He has held this post since February 1, 2014.

Before joining the NBA, he served as a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a law firm in New York, and worked as a law clerk to Judge Kimba Wood, a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.