Dikembe Mutombo
Global Ambassador, National Basketball Association
Dikembe Mutombo is the Chairman and President of the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he came to the U.S. in 1987, where he played basketball at Georgetown University. Mutombo is fluent in nine languages, including five African languages. He played in the NBA for 18 years before retiring in 2009. Mutombo presently serves on the boards of the National Constitution Center, Special Olympics International, the CDC Foundation and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
Known to many as the ultimate rejector of the basketball, NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo has also taken many under his humanitarian wing. Mutombo has used his famous finger-wag to become the first and [...] More
