Thad Young

Thad Young is the Founder of Reform Ventures and an active NBA forward for the Phoenix Suns. Drafted twelfth overall in the 2007 NBA Draft out of Georgia Tech, he has built a seventeen-year professional basketball career across franchises including the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets, and Chicago Bulls, earning approximately $140 million in player contracts. Off the court, Young established Reform Ventures as a dedicated holding company and venture capital firm to manage his expanding private market investments. The firm has backed more than 300 portfolio companies across the financial technology, healthcare, software, and digital media sectors, securing early stakes in prominent enterprises such as Airbnb, DraftKings, Heliogen, and Lime. His current focus centers on leveraging his athletic career capital to scale a diversified alternative investment portfolio spanning early-stage venture equity, growth equity, and commercial real estate.