14 Facts About Vivek Ranadive

Vivek Yeshwant Ranadive is an Indian-American business executive, engineer, author, speaker and philanthropist.

Vivek Ranadive is a co-owner and chairman of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings.

Vivek Ranadive grew up in the Juhu area of Mumbai, India, and was the youngest of three children.

Vivek Ranadive studied at the Bombay International School, located at Babulnath, Mumbai.

Vivek Ranadive is the nephew of the Indian Communist leaders Balkrishna Trimbak Ranadive and Ahilya Rangnekar.

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At 16, Vivek Ranadive was accepted to MIT, but in the 1970s the Indian government did not release foreign currency for citizens to study abroad.

Vivek Ranadive talked his way into the office of the Reserve Bank of India and got the required foreign exchange for one quarter of the tuition.

In 2016, Vivek Ranadive founded Bow Capital, an early-stage startup investment firm in partnership with the University of California Regents.

In 2010, Vivek Ranadive became the co-owner and vice chairman of the Golden State Warriors, making him the first person of Indian descent to co-own an NBA franchise.

On 21 March 2013, it was announced that Vivek Ranadive had joined Ronald Burkle and Mark Mastrov to attempt to purchase the Sacramento Kings.

The NBA approved the sale on 28 May Vivek Ranadive made waves in 2014 when he proposed a style of play that included his team keeping one player on offense the entire time, creating a 4-on-5 defense on the other end.

Vivek Ranadive has been criticized during his tenure as Kings owner and blamed for their lack of success on the court.

Vivek Ranadive wrote and released her first single, "We Turn Up" in April 2014.

Vivek Ranadive coached his daughter's 12-and-under girls' basketball team despite, according to his own contention, never having touched a basketball until he reached his 40s.