Dan Gilbert Makes First Public Speech Since Stroke

DETROIT, MI — It's now been eight months since Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert suffered a stroke. He will give his first public speech since his health crisis on Friday.

He's being honored at Crain’s Annual Newsmaker of the Year luncheon as the inaugural member of their Hall of Fame, WXYZ reported.

"Crain's editorial team has highlighted Michigan’s biggest newsmakers for more than three decades," WXYZ reported. "This is the first year they are launching a newsmaker Hall of Fame, honoring Dan Gilbert. The public really has been in the dark about how he's doing until Crain’s published Gilbert’s first interview earlier this week."

Crain’s Newsmaker of the Year event will be held at MGM Grand Detroit at 11 a.m. The award presentation begins at noon, and we will be streaming live on Facebook and wxyz.com