Email: rmcauliff@venturegroupco.com Phone: (630) 372-8990
Company Website: http://www.venturegroupco.com/Personal
Bob McAuliff was born and raised in Chicago. He currently resides in Wayne, IL with his wife and three 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 two 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 four-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 five-year sponsor of Allstate Arena for $1.25 million
- Developed the largest Chicagoland two-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.)