BIZ Who Is - October - 2006

Shaquille O'Neal is all business

by James Loving and Business Wire - Monday October 30, 2006

Shaquille O'Neal Group - Ralph DiSibio - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation - BMI - Business Success Story from Crystal Mansion - Mark Burnett Productions - NBC Universal - DreamWorks Television - Internet Phishing Group

SHAQUILLE O'NEAL TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS

He is 7 ft 1 in/330-lb (2.16 m / 150 kg) and takes care of business. During his 14-year career was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 making him the youngest player on the list and only active NBA player remaining from that list. We're talking about Shaquille O'Neal - The Shaq Man.

O'Neal's success on the basketball court is established by him being a member of four NBA championship teams. His ultimate title was last season with the Miami Heat after being somewhat discarded by the Los Angeles Lakers who showed preference to put their money in Kobe Bryant with whom O'Neal had a bittersweet experience.

The sweet was the three NBA titles they earned together as members of the 2000, 2001 and 2002 NBA title winning Lakers teams. The bitter is the ongoing disharmony between the two as to who would be the leader and focus of the team.

O'Neal not only takes care of business on the basketball court but this past summer he ventured into the real estate business and formed the O'Neal Group..

About The O'Neal Group

Based in Miami, the O'Neal Group is a recently formed a real estate development and consulting company headed by Shaquille O'Neal.

The O'Neal Group seeks to acquire, develop and promote landmark real estate offerings that provide integrated lifestyle opportunities and/or improve the economy for previously underserved, underperforming communities. But there's more to O'Neal than the basketball and real estate business.

O'Neal's colorful background includes a career as a recording artist of rap songs and as an actor.

Filmography and commercials

* Blue Chips (1994) * Kazaam (1996) * Good Burger (1997) * Steel (1997) * The Wash (2001) * Freddy Got Fingered (2001) * Like Mike (2002) * Scary Movie 4 (2006) * Something For Your Mum (2006) [edit]

Discography

* Shaq Diesel (1993, certified platinum) * Shaq Fu - Da Return (1994), certified gold) * The Best of Shaquille O'Neal (1996) * You Can't Stop the Reign (1996) * Respect (1998) * Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1 (2001, unreleased)

O'Neals NBA playing credits include:

* NBA Most Valuable Player: 2000

* 2-time The Sporting News NBA Most Valuable Player: 2000, 2005

* 4-time NBA Champion: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006

* 3-time NBA Finals MVP: 2000, 2001, 2002

* 13-time NBA All-Star: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

* 2-time NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2000, 2004

* 13-time All-NBA:

* First Team: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

* Second Team: 1995, 1999 * Third Team: 1994, 1996, 1997

* One of five players in NBA history to be selected to the NBA All-Star Game for 13 consecutive seasons; the others are Jerry West, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, and Karl Malone.

* A member of the 1994 USA World Championship and 1996 Olympic basketball team, both of which won gold.

* One of three players in NBA history to reach 24,500 points, 11,000 rebounds, 2,600 assists, and 2,300 blocks in his career (the others are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hakeem Olajuwon

* Joins Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in NBA history to lead the league in field goal percentage for o nine seasons o five consecutive seasons (1998–2002)

* Only player in NBA history to:

* average at least 20 points per game and 10 rebounds per game in a season for 13 consecutive seasons, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Hakeem Olajuwon, all with 12 consecutive seasons.

Ralph DiSibio the former president of Westinghouse, Parsons and The Washington Group authored a book titled Reel Lessons in Leadership.

The reel he refers to is film. He relates to the lessons he learned from watching movies.

NOTE: Ralph DiSibio's book Reel Lessons in Leadership is available on

When a musician's career ends it is a difficult time. What to do next is the big question.

In the 1970's the band Crystal Mansion had limited success. After the group split up one of its members started a company with very little money and eventually took it public. Who is it and what is the name of the company will be revealed in the November issue of Biz Who Is.

One of the driving forces behind reality television, Mark Burnett has a long history of executive producing Emmy Award-winning television. Burnett's entrepreneurial spirit pioneered the success of the reality "unscripted" drama series, garnered skyrocketing ratings and introduced millions of Americans to an entirely new television genre.

Mark Burnett Productions revolutionized television, with hits such as THE CONTENDER, Eco-Challenge, Survivor, and The Apprentice.

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BMI

BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and publishers in all genres of music, with a repertoire of more than 6.5 million musical works from around the world.

About DreamWorks Television

DreamWorks Television is a division of DreamWorks SKG which was founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.

DreamWorks Television is currently in production on season three of the hit NBC series "Las Vegas" as well as season three of the critically acclaimed FX drama "Rescue Me," and the upcoming ABC reality series "The Miracle Workers."

DreamWorks Television recently finished production on "Into The West" for TNT, which was the highest rated mini-series for the season with 81 million unique viewers.

Other DreamWorks Television projects include: "Spin City," "Band of Brothers," "Taken," "Father of the Pride," "Freaks and Geeks," "The Job," "Boomtown," and "Undeclared."

NBC Universal

NBC Universal is a leader in providing entertainment programming to the domestic and international marketplaces. Its NBC Universal Television Distribution division is responsible for the global distribution of NBC Universal product to all forms of television throughout the world.

NBC Universal's world-class filmed entertainment library offers customers a compelling selection of titles, including such contemporary hit feature films as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Fast and the Furious, The Mummy Returns, and Bruce Almighty, as well as classics including the Academy Award-winning All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Schindler's List (1993).

NBC Universal's library is also home to some of pop culture's most popular classic television programs, including Magnum, P.I., Miami Vice, The A-Team, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Murder, She Wrote and Columbo.

NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.

Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric, with 20% owned by Vivendi Universal.

About the Anti-Phishing Working Group

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) is an industry association focused on eliminating the identity theft and fraud that result from the growing problem of phishing, email spoofing and crimeware.

Membership is open to qualified financial institutions, online retailers, ISPs, the law enforcement community and solutions providers.

There are more than 1,500 companies and government agencies participating in the APWG and more than 2,500 members.

The APWG's web site (http://www.antiphishing.org) offers the public and industry information about phishing and email fraud, including identification and promotion of pragmatic technical solutions that provide immediate protection.

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