Robert M. McAuliff
President & Chief Executive Officer

Personal
Bob McAuliff was born and raised in Chicago. He currently resides in Wayne, IL with his wife and 3 children where he is active in various community, school and church organizations.

Professional Career

  • Sales Manager - '88 - '91 - ABC Capital Cities
  • EVP - '91 - '94 - Major Broadcasting Company
  • President - '95 - '97 - Chicago Wolves
  • President & CEO - '97 - '99 - The Venture Group, Partnership Marketing, Inc.
  • President & CEO - '99 - '03 - Season Tickets (sold to second largest ticketing company in the world)
  • President & CEO - Present - The Venture Group, Partnership Marketing, Inc.

Professional Highlights

  • Youngest sales manager in the history of ABC Capital Cities
  • Part of group that purchased Chicago Marathon for $400K and sold rights 2 years later for $2.4 million
  • Sold naming rights of Chicago Marathon to LaSalle Banks for $1.5 million
  • Sold the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon for $2.4 million
  • Sold naming rights for Rosemont Horizon to Allstate for $10 million with a $10 million renewal option
  • Sold Chicago Wolves' beer pouring rights to Anheuser-Busch for $750,000
  • Sold Chicago Wolves' soda pouring rights to Coca Cola for $750,000
  • Sold 4-year $3 million sponsor deal to Royal Neighbors Insurance Company for USPV
  • Developed product promotion and retail tie-ins with John Madden (Hall of Fame NFL coach), Bob Costas (#1 rated sports broadcaster in the world), Jim Flanagan (former Chicago Bear great) and Kerry Wood (Chicago Cub superstar and MLB strike out leader)
  • Created, built, managed and sold a ticketing software company to the second largest ticketing company in the world for $2.5 million
  • Raised over $30 million in private equity & corporate capital for early stage and start-up ventures
  • Signed Daily Herald as a 5-year sponsor of Allstate Arena for $1.25 million
  • Developed the largest Chicagoland 2-week vendor program for Jewel-Osco creating over $500,000 in vendor co-op
  • Developed retail vendor supported promotions that together have generated over $20 million of incremental revenue and have moved millions of dollars worth of inventory (i.e. Target, Wal-Mart, Albertson's, American Foods, etc.)