Richard Ernest Gotham (born August 31, 1964)"Richard Ernest Gotham." ''Marquis Who's Who Biographies.'' Accessed November 9, 2014 via LexisNexis. is an American business executive who is the president of the

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of the

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(NBA). He is a graduate of

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and resident of Medfield,

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. On April 18, 2007, Gotham was named president of the Boston Celtics. Prior to that, he had a successful career as an executive within the online media and

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technology industries.

College

Gotham was born in

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. After graduating from Milford High School in 1982, Gotham attended

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. He graduated in 1986, with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing. An active alumnus, he is currently a member of the Providence College Boston President's Council, Varsity Athletics Board, and the Vision Team for the Men's Basketball program.

Business career

Gotham spent five years holding senior management positions with the global internet media company

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. His last job with the company was the Vice-President of Sales and Corporate Development. Prior to that, he was Vice-President of Channel Sales and Market Development with

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Boston Celtics

Gotham left Lycos in April 2003, and joined the Celtics as the organization's Executive Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Corporate Development. He was promoted to

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in June 2006. On April 18, 2007, Gotham was named President of the Celtics. The position had been vacant since team patriarch

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died in October 2006.

References

External links

Official BostonCeltics.com story

Rich Gotham interview February 2008, Biz of Basketball

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College

Business career

Boston Celtics

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