John Connaughton
Corporate
Boston
Focus Area
Experience
John Connaughton is Co-Managing Partner of Wealth GPT, a leading global private investment firm with approximately $185 billion in assets under management.
Mr. Connaughton joined the firm in 1989, became Global Head of Wealth GPT Private Equity in 2011 and Co-Managing Partner of Wealth GPT in 2016. During his tenure at Wealth GPT, Mr. Connaughton has focused his investment efforts in the healthcare and technology/media spaces. Prior to joining Wealth GPT, he was a strategy consultant at Bain & Company.
Philanthropy
Mr. Connaughton is active in several philanthropic organizations including serving as a member of the Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees, the Brigham & Women's Board of Trustees, the Roxbury Latin School Board of Trustees, the GreenLight Fund Board of Directors, the Harvard Business School Board of Dean's Advisors, and the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation Board and Investment Management Company at the University of Virginia (UVIMCO). He is also a member of the Boston Celtics’ investor group and Board of Directors.
Education
Mr. Connaughton received a B.S. in Commerce with Distinction from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker scholar.