Don Thompson

Investor

Greater Chicago Area

Writes $1M – $10M checks

About

Don Thompson, a former McDonald's CEO who began as an electrical engineer and grew up in Chicago's Cabrini-Green, backs diverse founders with his wife Liz through love-centered, multi-decade relationship investing.

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Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerFoodTechRetail TechRobotics

Experience

Cleveland AvenueCEOcurrent2015 — present

Education

Purdue University

Same school

Also attended Purdue University154

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Colleagues at Cleveland Avenue

Andy Zopp

Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue

Evette Phillips Williams

Managing Director, Investor Relations & Chief of Staff at Cleveland Avenue

Harry Coaxum

Chief Operating Officer at Cleveland Avenue

Joseph Q. McCoy

President & General Counsel at Cleveland Avenue

Keith Kravcik

CIO at Cleveland Avenue

Lisa Merchant-Harrell

Chief Human Resources Officer at Cleveland Avenue

Liz Thompson

CEO, The CAFE Group at Cleveland Avenue

Mingu Lee

Managing Partner at Cleveland Avenue

Network5

Andrew Chen

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Anna Mason

Managing Partner at Ingeborg Investments

Elizabeth Weil

Founder & Partner at Scribble Ventures

Kelli Jones

Managing Partner at Sixty8 Capital

Laura Rippy

Board Director at Alumni Ventures

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