John Connors

Founder & CEO, Boathouse Group Inc.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, John Connors founded Boathouse Group Inc., an independent marketing and communications agency in Waltham, MA, in 2001. Starting his career at Hill Holliday, John worked there until its sale in 1998. Soon after, John joined Interpublic as the CEO of Zentropy Partners, where he led the roll up of 13 separate Internet service businesses across six countries. In 2001, after seeing the global agency business and riding the Internet bubble while working for the largest agency in the world, John decided to start his company and build his family in Boston. John currently lives in Westwood, MA, with his wife and their three children.