Company type | Private |
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Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | TD Garden, , U.S. |
Subsidiaries | Boston Celtics |
Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. is an American local private investment group formed to purchase the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1]
The executive committee consists of the four members of the managing board, Wyc Grousbeck, H. Irving Grousbeck, Stephen Pagliuca and The Abbey Group, represented by Robert Epstein with the additions of Paul Edgerley, Glenn Hutchins and James Pallotta. [1] Other new key additions include Matt Levin, managing director, Bain Capital partners.
Boston Basketball Partners’ list of founding investors includes:
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