Bradley Tusk

Bradley Tusk is a Co-founder and Managing Partner of Tusk Venture Partners, and sits on its Investment Committee. Bradley is the Founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings, which includes Tusk Ventures, Tusk Strategies, Kronos Archives, Ivory Gaming and the Tusk/Montgomery Philanthropies. Tusk Ventures is the world’s first venture capital fund to work with and invest solely in high growth startups facing political and regulatory challenges. Previously, Bradley served as campaign manager for Mike Bloomberg, as Deputy Governor of Illinois, and as Communications Director for Senator Charles Schumer. Tusk/Montgomery Philanthropies, Bradley’s family foundation, funds and runs campaigns in states across the U.S. to increase funding for anti-hunger programs like school breakfast and food stamp enrollment. The foundation is also working on a mobile voting initiative to allow people to vote in elections on their phones. Bradley writes a regular column for the New York Observer, hosts a podcast called Firewall, and released a book about his adventures in protecting disruptors from the bad guys. Bradley received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.