Stephen Pagliuca is an American private equity investor, managing partner of Bain Capital, and co-owner of the of the National Basketball Association.
Education
Steve Pagliuca attended Duke University where he played freshman basketball before receiving a Bachelor in 1977. He has served on Duke’s Trinity Board of Investors from 2001-2008, chairing the board from 2005-2007. He is a member of the Campaign Steering Committee and also serves on the Board of Trustees, serving on the Audit Committee and the Institutional Advancement Committee.
Pagliuca received an Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School (Harvard Business School) in 1982.
He is member of the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, the University Board of Overseers Committee on University Resources and the Harvard Business School Healthcare Initiative Advisory Board.
He serves on the Massachusetts General Hospital Home President's Council and co-Chairs the Harvard Business School Fund.
Career
Pagliuca started his career as a senior accountant and international tax specialist at Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company in the Netherlands (Peat Marwick is today Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler). Following this, he joined Bain & Company, a global consulting firm, in 1982 where he managed client relationships in the information services and healthcare industries. Pagliuca also was involved in the creation of Bain & Company’s turnaround practice.
He now works as a Managing Director focusing on Technology, Media & Telecommunications.
In 2009, Pagliuca was a Democratic candidate for the United States. Senate position formerly occupied by Ted Kennedy. Pagliuca is co-chair of the Boston 2024 Olympics Finance Committee.
Earlier this year Boston"s bid for the 2024 Olympics was thrown out by the International Olympic Committee. In 2010, Habitat Humanity presented him with the American Dream Award for outstanding contributions to the Greater Boston Community.
Membership
He is a member of the Campaign Steering Committee and also serves on the Board of Trustees, serving on the Audit Committee and the Institutional Advancement Committee. He is member of the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, the University Board of Overseers Committee on University Resources and the Harvard Business School Healthcare Initiative Advisory Board. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of Burger King, Warner Chilcott, Gartner Group and the Hospital Corporation of America.
He is a member of Congressman Joe Kennedy’s Finance Committee, the Campaign to Fix the Debt and the Democratic National Advisory Committee.
Pagliuca is the managing general partner and member of the executive committee of the Celtics and serves as a member of the Board of Governors and the Competition Committee for the National Basketball Association. He also is a member of Harvard Business School’ Board of Dean’s Advisors, Harvard University’s Board of Overseers’ Committee on University Resources, the Harvard Business School Healthcare Initiative Advisory Board and co-chair of the Harvard Business School Fund.
He is a member of Duke University’s Board of Trustees and serves on Massachusetts General Hospital’s President's Council.
