From caddying for Fortune 500 CEOs at age 12 to leading Vantage Point Search, Patrick has built his career on grit, service, and the drive to turn ambition into ownership.
Meet Patrick
Before Patrick ever sat across a boardroom table, he was walking fairways with Fortune 500 CEOs; not as a peer, but as a 12-year-old caddie. Those mornings on the golf course offered him something no classroom could: unfiltered lessons on leadership, risk, and the mindset of ownership. It was there he discovered the grit and curiosity that would chart his course.
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At Middlebury, he split his time between classrooms and playing fields, trading his days between Division III baseball and Division I rugby. Competition taught him resilience; team play taught him discipline. After graduating, he brought that mindset to Morningstar, Bernstein, and Morgan Stanley, where he became a bridge, translating Wall Street strategies into real-world guidance for union workers, first-generation savers, and small-business owners.
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Yet the pull of building something himself only grew stronger. So he joined Chicago Booth where the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition coursework crystallized that ambition. Seeking operator experience he joined Bain, where he refined his operator’s instincts, advising CEOs on growth, pricing, and operations worldwide.
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Now, with Vantage Point Search, Patrick has returned to the same calling that began as a boy with a golf bag: to serve and build as a business leader.
Rugby, travel, and family in Chicago keep him grounded, but the spirit of ownership keeps him moving forward.
