Pat Williams is the senior vice president of the Orlando Magic. Williams began his sports career as a baseball player in the 1960s, but when he didn't advance past the minor leagues, he went into management, rising quickly to become general manager of the Spartanburg Phillies in 1967, where he was named the minor league Executive of the Year at age 27. But Williams is best known as an executive in the National Basketball Association. During his 12 years with the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers, that team won the 1982-83 NBA championship and became a dominant team in the league. He was part of the investment team that started the Orlando Magic in the 1980s, and he's been there ever since, though he has also written nearly 100 books and is active as a public speaker.