Charles H Steedman

Charles H. (Chuck) Steedman currently is a founding partner in a private equity fund targeting investments across four core verticals in sports—professional franchises, real estate and infrastructure development, media rights and content delivery platforms and sports technology. In his role, he has been responsible for the startup of the US $1.5bb fund (Raptor Sports Capital), including raising funds, coordinating deal flow and target investment analysis, serving as a member of the investment and operating committees as well as structuring special purpose vehicles for targeted acquisitions.

Chuck most recently served as the Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development for ASM Global, the world’s largest live event company. In his role, he was responsible for global strategic planning, business development and M&A activity for the largest venue operator (350+ arenas, stadia, theaters, and convention centers) in the world. 

Prior to assuming his role with ASM, Chuck served as AEG Facilities Chief Operating & Development Officer, overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations of stadia, arenas and convention centers around the globe. He directly managed the Company’s financial, content development, operational, commercial and human resources functions and played a significant role in business development domestically and abroad. He also was responsible for driving innovation both corporately at AEG and with the respective venues globally. From March 2014 to June 2018, he served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. In his tenure, he created and managed processes which grew same store sales in the company’s venue portfolio as well as negotiating content deals for live sports and entertainment content globally.

Prior to his appointment with AEG, Steedman spent the previous seven-plus years under the employ of Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the parent company of the Boston Red Sox, New England Sports Network (NESN) and Fenway Sports Marketing (FSM). Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of FSG and as Vice President for the Boston Red Sox. 

Steedman has an extensive and diverse background in the venue, media, sports and entertainment business that includes tenures at The University of Connecticut (Director of Athletic Marketing), Raycom Sports (Vice President Programming and Events), the American Skiing Company (Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing) and Resorts Sports Network (Managing Director). In addition, he has served as a consultant for a number of arena and stadium revenue projects, broadcast negotiations, food and beverage agreements and event creation and management projects. He has directly managed professional tour golf events, college football bowl games, collegiate basketball tournaments and numerous made-for-TV events, including ESPN’s Winter X Games' two-year stay at Mount Snow, Vermont.

Over the course of his career, Steedman has negotiated numerous major sponsorship deals including naming rights agreements, managed long range capital project planning, negotiated pro sports team tenant agreements, numerous successful union/labor negotiations, major vendor and service contracts and engaged in governmental relations at the local, state and federal levels.