Pat Connaughton
NBA Champion, Philanthropist, Co-Founder & CEO of Three Leaf Partners
Topics
- Building a Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Career Balance (Athlete/CEO)
- Philanthropy
- Sports
- Teamwork
- Leadership
Social
Bio
Pat Connaughton is a two sport professional athlete and NBA Champion, who was selected in the MLB draft in 2014 and NBA draft in 2015. After an illustrious basketball and baseball career at the University of Notre Dame, Connaughton capped off his time there with the Men’s Basketball’s only Conference Championship in the ACC.
Connaughton is Co-Founder and CEO of real estate development company, Three Leaf Partners, headquartered in Milwaukee with the mission of connecting professional athletes with business executives through the vehicle of real estate. Three Leaf Partners currently has 20 employees, 224 investors, and 21 projects in its portfolio.
Connaughton started the Pat Connaughton Foundation in 2016 and uses its three pillars – clinics, courts, and character – to carry out its mission of paying forward the access to athletics to the next generation of student athletes. The foundation has 20 courts completed, and in the last 9 years, held 28 clinics and impacted 65,689 student-athletes.
