Rich Gotham

Gotham speaks at a United States Department of Education town hall at Mattapan in 2014.

Richard Ernest "Rich" Gotham (born August 31, 1964)^[1] is an American business executive who is the current president of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. an alumnus of Providence College and resident of Medfield, Massachusetts. On April 18, 2007 he was named president of the Boston Celtics. He had prior success in his career as an executive within the online media and Internet technology industries.

College

Gotham was born in Norwood, Massachusetts.^[1] After graduating from Milford High School in 1982 Gotham attended Providence College in Rhode Island. He graduated in 1986, with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. An active alumni, he is currently a member of the Providence College Boston President's Council, Varsity Athletics Board, and the Vision Team for the Men's Basketball program.

Business career

Gotham spent five years holding senior management positions with the global internet media company Lycos. His last job with the company was the Vice-President of Sales and Corporate Development. Prior to that, he was Vice-President of Channel Sales and Market Development with FTP Software.

Boston Celtics

Gotham left Lycos in April 2003, and joined the Celtics as the organization's Executive Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Corporate Development. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in June 2006.

On April 18, 2007 Gotham was named President of the Celtics. The position had been vacant since team patriarch Red Auerbach died in October 2006. Celtics' CEO Wyc Grousbeck said when hiring Gotham: "Under Rich's guidance, the Boston Celtics organization has achieved great success in growing our business. This promotion recognizes Rich's leadership in organizing and driving our business efforts and his commitment to excellence in all of the Celtics' off-court charitable and community activities. I am very pleased that Rich will continue to lead the organization into the future."

References

Official BostonCeltics.com story
Sports Illustrated Online Story
Rich Gotham interview February 2008, Biz of Basketball
Rich Gotham NECN Video Interview, "Celtics business model all about winning Championships" April 2010