Private investment firm of Gordon Gund, principal owner of Cleveland Cavaliers National Basketball Association team and member of Board of Governors of National Basketball Association, Cleveland Rockers Womens National Basketball Association franchise, San Jose Sharks National Hockey League team also principal owner and chairman of Nationwide Advertising Service, Inc. and director of Kellogg Company and Corning> Gund also prominent philanthropist, blind since 1970 from retinitis pigmentosa, co-founder with wife and chairman of The Foundation Fighting Blindness, leading private supporter of research focused on discovering causes, treatments, preventions and cures for retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, and other retinal degenerative diseases> Investments include Align Technology, Silicon Valley company developed invisible alternative to orthodontic braces.