Bradley M. Bloom

Brad Bloom has invested in private companies since the late 1970s and in 1986 was a co-founder of Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm with more than $18 billion in assets under management.  He continues to serve as a Senior Advisor of Berkshire Partners, having recently transitioned after 33 years as a Managing Director, where he has been actively involved with consumer and retail portfolio companies.  Bloom has an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.  He is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston and a former President of the Board of Trustees of Milton Academy.  He is also active in various organized roles at Harvard University, including serving on the Harvard Corporation Committee on Finance and planning committees for the Allston campus.