Tom Ricketts

Tom Ricketts is the Co-Founder & serves as Chairman at Incapital. Since its launch, Incapital and its acquired entities have underwritten over $350 billion of corporate and U.S. Agency bonds for such issuers as Bank of America, GE Capital, Goldman Sachs, Caterpillar Financial, Dow Chemical, Ford Credit, Federal Farm Credit Bank and TVA. Tom led Incapital's diversification initiatives in underwriting and distributing certificates of deposit, mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds and structured notes. Incapital's platform has more recently been expanded to include preferred stock offerings, unit investment trusts and annuities. Tom was on the Board of Directors of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation from 2002 through 2007. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has a B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Tom was the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business Distinguished Young Alumnus for 2005. From 1996 to 1999, Tom was a Vice President and an investment banker for The Chicago Corporation and the brokerage division of ABN AMRO Inc. From 1988 to 1994, he was a market maker on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. In 2009, Tom became Chairman of the Chicago Cubs after leading the Ricketts Family acquisition of the team.