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22 Facts About Stephen Pagliuca

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Stephen Gerard Pagliuca was born on January 16,1955 and is an American private equity investor, co-chairman of Bain Capital, and owner of Atalanta of Italian Serie A association football league.

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Stephen Pagliuca is former co-owner of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association.

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Stephen Pagliuca attended Duke University where he played freshman basketball before receiving a BA in 1977.

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Stephen Pagliuca has served on Duke's Trinity Board of Investors from 2001 to 2008, chairing the board from 2005 to 2007.

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Stephen Pagliuca is a member of the Campaign Steering Committee and serves on the board of trustees, serving on the Audit Committee and the Institutional Advancement Committee.

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Stephen Pagliuca received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1982.

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Stephen Pagliuca is member of the HBS Board of Dean's Advisors, the University Board of Overseers Committee on University Resources and the HBS Healthcare Initiative Advisory Board.

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Stephen Pagliuca serves on the MGH President's Council and co-chairs the HBS Fund.

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Stephen Pagliuca then founded the Information Partners Venture Capital Fund and joined Bain Capital in 1989, where he began investing in numerous companies in the media, technology, financial services and healthcare industries.

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Stephen Pagliuca is a former member of the Board of Directors of Burger King, Warner Chilcott, Gartner Group and the Hospital Corporation of America.

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In 2010, Stephen Pagliuca was a Democratic candidate for the special election for the US Senate seat formerly occupied by Ted Kennedy, who had died the previous August.

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Stephen Pagliuca finished fourth of four candidates in the Democratic primary, behind Attorney General Martha Coakley, congressman Mike Capuano, and businessman Alan Khazei.

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Stephen Pagliuca is a member of Congressman Joe Kennedy's Finance Committee, the Campaign to Fix the Debt and the Democratic National Advisory Committee.

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Stephen Pagliuca was a member of Boston Basketball Partners, the ownership group of the Boston Celtics.

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Stephen Pagliuca was 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.

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When Boston Basketball Partners managing general partner H Irving Grousbeck announced plans to sell the team, Pagliuca announced he would submit a bid to become majority owner.

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Stephen Pagliuca's bid was ultimately not chosen, with the Grousbecks choosing to sell to the team to Bill Chisholm.

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Under the new agreement, Stephen Pagliuca was named co-chairman of the club.

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Stephen Pagliuca is a member of HBS' Board of Dean's Advisors, Harvard University's Board of Overseers' Committee on University Resources, the HBS Healthcare Initiative Advisory Board and co-chair of the HBS Fund.

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Stephen Pagliuca is a member of Duke University's board of trustees and serves on Massachusetts General Hospital's President's Council.

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In 2005, Stephen Pagliuca received the Bright Star Award as recognition for his charitable activities from Bill Clinton.

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Stephen Pagliuca was co-chair of the Boston 2024 Olympics Finance Committee until Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics was thrown out by the IOC.