Paul Finnegan | |
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Born | Paul James Finnegan 70–71 |
Education | Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | Investor and philanthropist |
Known for | Founder and co-
CEO of
Madison Dearborn Partners Treasurer of the Harvard Corporation |
Spouse | Mary Finnegan |
Paul James Finnegan (born 1953) is a Chicago-based investor and philanthropist. In 1992, he co-founded Madison Dearborn Partners and currently serves as the firm's co- CEO, and since 2014, has served as the Treasurer of the Harvard Corporation and the Chair of the Harvard Management Company. [2][ third-party source needed]
Finnegan was born and raised in Massachusetts and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, graduating in 1971.[ citation needed] He graduated from Harvard in 1975, where he was a member of the College's ski team. [3] He also attended Harvard Business School. [4]
In 1992, Finnegan co-founded Madison Dearborn. He has served as co-CEO since 2007, when fellow co-founder and then-CEO John Canning Jr. was looking to buy the Chicago Cubs. [5] [6]
Finnegan is also a director at AIA Corporation, CDW, Government Sourcing Solutions LLC, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. [4] [7]
He is a major donor in Illinois politics, having donated $100,000 to Rahm Emanuel's campaign for mayor in 2015 [8] and another $200,000 to Emanuel's aborted run for mayor in 2019. [9]
Through the Finnegan Family Foundation, he has donated to causes in the areas of education, youth, health, and local Chicago community. [10]
Finnegan has been a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2012, and has served as it treasurer since replacing Jim Rothenberg in 2014. [11] [12] He was on the search committee that selected Larry Bacow as the 29th President of Harvard University. [13]
Finnegan serves of the board of Teach For America and a variety of Chicago metropolitan area non-profits. [14]