Mark Tatum, an American sports and business executive who is currently serving as the Deputy Commissioner of the National Basketball Association under Adam Silver has two children, two sons; Tai and Kylan with his wife Lisa Skeete Tatum.
Mark has kept information about his sons under the wrap and as a result, there’s little information about them.
The elder son was born in 2000 while the younger one was born in 2002.
Mark attended Cornell University, where he played collegiate baseball for the Big Red, was a member of the Quill and Dagger society, and was initiated into Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Prior to becoming Deputy Commissioner, Mark worked as the league’s Executive Vice President of Global Marketing Partnerships, where he managed the Business Development and Media groups.
In this role, he collaborated with sports marketing executives from The Coca-Cola Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Adidas, and Nike, among others, being in charge of NBA-themed promotions and advertising.
He also negotiated many of the NBA’s television deals with many networks (including ABC/ESPN and TNT).
Mark Tatum was unanimously appointed Deputy Commissioner and chief operating officer by the NBA Board of Governors on February 1, 2014.