Adam is a Partner with New World Ventures where he focuses building successful companies dedicated to bringing to market novel SaaS applications, interactive marketing solutions or interactive health applications.. Prior to joining New World Ventures, Adam held various senior operating and business development roles at Sportvision, helping the. company grow from the “business plan” stage to eight figures in annual revenue.. Prior to Sportvision, Adam worked at Berkshire Partners, a leading private equity investment firm with $11.0 billion of capital under management. His experience at Berkshire included investment evaluations and closed transactions in several industries, including business services, retail and manufacturing, in addition to significant work helping portfolio companies achieve their strategic objectives.. Before joining Berkshire, Adam worked as an investment banker for Alex Brown (now Deutsche Bank) and participated in a broad range of merger and acquisition and public equity transactions for mid-sized companies.. Adam currently serves on several corporate boards and is a member of the Investment Committee for Chicago Ventures - a seed-stage investment fund. He is also on the Board of Techstars Chicago, a mentor-driven seed investment program.. Adam graduated with a B.S. in economics with concentrations in finance and international management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management with concentrations in organizational behavior and decision sciences.
