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Former NBA Star Mutombo Asks Business Leaders to Find a Passion
The former Hawk and Rocket spoke at the Greater North Fulton Chamber's Eggs & Enterprise Breakfast in his role as NBA global ambassador.
Former Atlanta Hawk and Houston Rocket Dikembe Mutombo told business leaders at the North Fulton Chamber's Eggs and Enterprise Breakfast that, "The world really needs us." Mutombo, who was named a global ambassador for the NBA in 2009, uses his position to help people around the world, but particularly in Africa and his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He spoke at The Metropolitan Club on June 27 in the chamber's breakfast series, which will go on hiatus in July but returns in August with Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy. Mutombo graduated from Georgetown University and played basketball in the NBA for 18 years. He enjoyed the crowds and cheering fans, but "the inspiration of my life had always been the improvement of living conditions…
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