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The Big O delivers the keynote address at the 2011 Lexington (KY) Minority Business Expo. (Photo by Pablo Alcala, courtesy of the Lexington Herald-Leader)

Oscar Robertson is presented with the ICSB Global Ambassadorship Award

Dr. Gregory H. Williams, then President, University of Cincinnati (left), and Dr. Charles H. Matthews, executive director of the UC Entrepreneurship Center and then President of the International Council for Small Business, present Oscar Robertson with the ICSB Global Ambassadorship Award at the ICSB's 2010 World Conference in Cincinnati.

  • President, OR Solutions and Oscar Robertson Document Management Services, Fairfield, Ohio

  • Owner and CEO, Orchem Inc. (specialty chemicals), Fairfield, Ohio

  • General Partner, Oscar Robertson Media Ventures, Fairfield OH and El Cerrito CA

  • One of five founders and Past President, National Basketball Retired Players Association, New York, NY

  • Established Oscar & Yvonne Robertson Scholarship Fund at University of Cincinnati, 2005

  • Oscar & Yvonne Robertson serve as co-chairs of University of Cincinnati capital campaign

  • Lifetime Achievement Award from Entrepreneurship Center at UC College of Business

  • Global Entrepreneurship Ambassador Award from the International Council for Small Business

  • National Kidney Foundation, honorary spokesperson, 1998, 2000 and 2002 U.S. Transplant Games; national advocate for organ donation

  • Sports commentator, ABC Radio and TV Networks, 1979-85; Metro Conference TV Network, 1977-83; CBS TV Network, 1974-75

  • Member, Cincinnati Chapter, Boys & Girls Clubs of America

  • Member, Kappa Alpha Psi Student-Athletes Extracurricular Activities

Oscar Robertson Media Ventures develops instructional and entertainment content for print, e-readers, the web, television, DVDs and other media, as well as live appearances. We also act as a marketing and public relations consultancy for various other ventures or companies of Mr. Robertson, and for other clients in various product and service categories.

We publish The Art of Basketball, an update of an instructional book on fundamentals called Play Better Basketball which Oscar Robertson and Michael O'Daniel co-authored and published in 1964, and which sold more than 100,000 copies in two years.

To inquire about personal appearances by Oscar Robertson, please email the following information to thebigo@thebigo.com: (a) name of presenting organization; (b) date, time, and type of event; (c) indicate whether you have a budget for speaker(s). For more information about our company, contact us toll-free at 888 327 1401 (1-510-900-2473 outside the USA) or email mod@thebigo.com.

Last Update 02/26/2014.

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