Jim Pallotta

Jim Pallotta is the managing partner and founder of The Raptor Group, which he established in 2009. Prior to founding The Raptor Group, Pallotta managed a $10 billion equities portfolio as vice chairman of Tudor Investment Corporation. From 2002 to 2020, Pallotta served as co-owner and executive board member of the Boston Celtics, and was president and chairman of Italian football club AS Roma from 2012 to 2020.

Throughout his career, Pallotta has actively invested in and across seed/early stages, growth stages, and late-stage companies within the technology, consumer, financial services, healthcare, and sports and media verticals.

Pallotta received a BBA in finance from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA with a concentration in accounting from Northeastern University.

Pallotta is a member of the Board of Trustees for Northeastern University, the Santa Fe Institute, New Profit, Inc., and the Buoniconti Fund. He also serves on the external advisory committee for the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, he served as a member of the advisory council for the MIT Media Lab, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.