Jim Pallotta
Jim Pallotta is Chairman and Managing Director of Raptor Group, a Boston-based investment management firm that is principally his family office. Previously, he was Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the U.S. Equities Securities Group at Tudor Investment Corporation. At its peak, he managed a $10 billion equities portfolio for the firm. He also played an integral role with respect to Tudor’s efforts in direct and co-investments in private equity and third party hedge funds. Throughout his career, Jim 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. He served as the President and Chairman of Italian football club AS Roma and was Co-Owner and Executive Board Member of the Boston Celtics.
Jim Pallotta Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chairman and Managing Director
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Vice Chairman and Managing Director of U.S. Equity Securities Group
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Senior Vice President and Director of Research
Academic History
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M.B.A., Accounting
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B.B.A., Finance
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Board of Trustees, Northeastern University
Board of Trustees, Santa Fe Institute
Board of Trustees, American Academy in Rome
Board of Trustees, New Profit
Board of Trustees, Buoniconti Fund
Advisory Council, MIT Media Lab
Advisory Council, Tulco
External Advisory Committee, MIT Center for Brains, Minds and Machines
At Tudor, he was the Principal Portfolio Manager for Raptor Global Funds, which he launched in 1993 with $200 million in assets under management. At its peak, he managed a $10 billion equities portfolio for the firm.
He became a member of the Management Committee in 1996 and was named Vice Chairman in 2005.
He also served as a Director, Executive Manager, and member of the Capital Allocation Committee of Tudor Group Holdings.
He served as one of three members on Tudor Ventures’ Investment Committee.
EARLY CAREER
Jim began his professional career at Essex Investment Management. He joined Essex in 1983 as Vice President and began directing client capital in 1987.
He later became a Senior Vice President and Director of Research, and was appointed to the Board of Directors of Essex in 1990.
Jim has invested at an early stage in many successful private companies including Two Sigma, Snapchat, Spotify, Uber, Twitter, Blue Bottle Coffee, Fanduel, General Assembly, Chipper, Drive Wealth, Fnatic, Paxos, Reddit, and many others.