08/13/2025

#ASAE25: Leadership Lessons from Magic Johnson

Earvin “Magic” Johnson invited attendees to be community-minded leaders

Stick to your vision. Support your community. Embrace your rivals—even if one of them happens to be Larry Bird.

At the opening keynote of the ASAE 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo, NBA Hall of Fame player Earvin "Magic" Johnson spoke on all of those themes, sharing stories from his personal leadership journey. Moving from the stage to directly engage with audience members—"I'm not a stage guy, I like to be on the floor," he said—he took questions while stressing the importance of compassionate leadership and entrepreneurship.

As chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Magic Johnson Enterprises, Johnson leads an investment conglomerate whose holdings include sports franchises, technology companies, financial services firms and more.

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