| Paul Finnegan | |
| Birth Name: | Paul James Finnegan |
| Birth Place: | Scituate, Massachusetts[1] |
| Education: | Harvard University |
| Occupation: | 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. From 2014 to 2023, served as the Treasurer of the Harvard Corporation and the Chair of the Harvard Management Company.[2] [3]
Finnegan was born and raised in Massachusetts and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, graduating in 1971. He graduated from Harvard in 1975, where he was a member of the College's ski team.[4] He also attended Harvard Business School.[5]
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.[6] [7]
Finnegan is also a director at AIA Corporation, CDW, Government Sourcing Solutions LLC, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.[8]
He is a major donor in Illinois politics, having donated $100,000 to Rahm Emanuel's campaign for mayor in 2015[9] and another $200,000 to Emanuel's aborted run for mayor in 2019.[10]
Through the Finnegan Family Foundation, he has donated to causes in the areas of education, youth, health, and local Chicago community.[11]
Finnegan has been a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2012, and has served as it treasurer since replacing Jim Rothenberg in 2014.[12] [13] He was on the search committee that selected Larry Bacow as the 29th President of Harvard University.[14]
Finnegan serves of the board of Teach For America and a variety of Chicago metropolitan area non-profits.[15]