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The Harvard Club of Chicago and Harvard Business School Club of Chicago will be enjoying a conversation with Tom Ricketts and the Chicago Cubs v Washington Nationals game (Cubs Bag Giveaway Day) on August 9, 2022
The Harvard Club of Chicago has planned an exciting two-part event with the Chicago Clubs. A conversation with Cubs Executive Chairman, Tom Ricketts, Future Outlook for the Chicago Cubs, will take place at 5:00p in the Cubs’ new office on Gallagher Way (room number to be provided at a later date), followed by the Nationals v Cubs Game at 7:05p. The HCC has purchased two blocks of tickets, in the 30 and 220 sections.
TOM RICKETTS BIO
Tom Ricketts is the executive chairman of the Chicago Cubs, and the founder chairman of securities underwriting, distribution, and trading fintech InspereX.
Tom founded in Incapital, later renamed InspereX, in 1999 and was the CEO of the firm through 2009. During that period Tom was named to Institutional Investor Magazine’s “40 Most Influential in E-Finance” five times and was the 2010 E&Y Midwest Entrepreneur of the Year in Financial Services.
In 2009, Tom led his family’s bid for the Chicago Cubs. In 2016, the organization won its first World Series title in 108 years, snapping the longest championship drought in North American major sports history. Among many recognitions, Tom was named the Sports Business Journal Executive of the Year in 2017.
Tom also let the family’s $1 billion private financing of the restoration of Wrigley Field and development of adjacent properties now known as Gallagher Way and the Hotel Zachary. Tom received the Urban Land Institute Lifetime Achievement Award for the project. He is the Chairman of Marquee Development, which is working on similar projects around other sports facilities.
Tom has an AB in Economics and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago. He won the Business School’s Distinguished Young Alumnus Award in 2005.
He and his wife, Cecelia, a physician, met at Wrigley Field. They live in the Chicago are and have five Children.
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Tuesday August 9, 2022 (Cubs Bag Giveaway)
Time:
5:00p | Visit with Tom Ricketts (attendees should arrive no later than 4:45p)
7:05-9:00p (or end of game | Washington Nationals v Chicago Cubs Game
Location: Wrigley Field, 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL 60613 United States | Google Maps
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