Bussiness
Texas Business Hall of Fame leader on how to be nominated
On Wednesday evening, NBA legend David Robinson will be among a small group inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame this year in Dallas.
The honor highlights the San Antonio Spurs icon’s second act as a successful business leader and his social impact work through the David Robinson Foundation, Admiral Capital Group and the Admiral Center, which helps other professional athletes with their philanthropy, said Meredith Walker, executive director of the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
Walker recently sat down with Robert Rivard on his bigcitysmalltown podcast to talk about how the Texas Business Hall of Fame got its start in the 1980s and why philanthropy and social impact play a critical role in weighing who should be nominated.
She said Robinson “set a real tone and example for the professional athlete and their responsibility to their community … and we’re super excited to honor him in Dallas.”
She acknowledged that the organization sees “intense lobbying” to snag a coveted nomination. As many as 70 to 100 Texas business leaders are nominated each year, which is then winnowed down to 20.
That slate is voted on by living Hall of Famers, who number about 112 right now, Walker said. “It’s always interesting to see these nominations come in, of these people who have had crazy impact on our Texas business” yet have flown under the radar for years.
The annual gala is hosted among Dallas, Houston and San Antonio; it was here last year, when Kit Goldsbury, the Pace Picante magnate whose Silver Ventures developed the Pearl, was inducted.
Walker said that her role has allowed her “an anthropological study on the super successful. Most of them, these men and women, are very civic minded, at a very early stage in their life. They care about their community early on, and that drives their business.”
Learn more about what drives Texas Business Hall of Famers in episode 79 of bigcitysmalltown.
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