Earl 'Butch' Graves Jr.

After a brief career in the NBA, where he played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers, Butch Graves enrolled at HBS.

After graduating, he joined Black Enterprise. In 1998, Graves became its president and chief operating officer and in 2006 was named president and CEO, responsible for strategic positioning and overall corporate profitability.

In 2000, Graves co-founded the Black Enterprise/Greenwich Street Corporate Growth Fund. He also serves as a managing director of the Pinnacle Minority Supplier Development Fund and is on the board of directors of AutoZone and the Bermuda Tourism Authority. In 2002, he was inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement.