MVF: J. Joe Ricketts speaking tomorrow, two tickets up for grabs

Orginally, Pete Ricketts, founder of Omaha-based asset management company Drakon, was slated to speak at tomorrow’s Midlands Venture Forum Networking Dinner, but due to a personal conflict he will not be able to make it. Instead, we’ll have the fortune of hearing from his father J. Joe Ricketts, the founder Ameritrade. Here’s more information from…

Originally, Pete Ricketts, founder of the Omaha-based asset management company Drakon, was slated to speak at tomorrow’s Midlands Venture Forum (MVF) Networking Dinner, but due to a personal conflict he will not be able to make it. Instead, we’ll have the fortune of hearing from his father J. Joe Ricketts, the founder Ameritrade.

Here’s more information from MVF’s website, MVForum.com/events:

J. Joe Ricketts founded and built Ameritrade, the revolutionary online brokerage firm headquartered in Omaha, which provides online brokerage services. Over the course of his career, Mr. Ricketts has been recognized as an international leader in developing new services for the self-directed investor and he continues to serve as a Board member for TD Ameritrade.

Mr. Ricketts currently operates several for-profit and not-for-profit ventures including High Plains Bison, The American Film Company, Jackson Fork Ranch & Lodge, DNAinfo, Opportunity Education and Citizens Against Earmarks. The Ricketts family also recently acquired the Chicago Cubs baseball team. A native of Nebraska, but now a citizen of Wyoming, Mr. Ricketts received his B.A. degree in economics from Creighton University in Omaha. He is a former Trustee of the American Enterprise Institute, is a former Director of Creighton University, and is a former member of the Board of Trustees for Father Flanagan’s Girls and Boys Town (“Boys Town”).

  • 5:30 p.m. – Networking (complimentary beer, wine and sodas sponsored by Orizon CPAs)
  • 6 – Dinner
  • 7-8 – Program

Scott Conference Center (6450 Pine Street)

Members $30, Non-Members $45

Registration, open to members and non-members, may be completed on MVF’s event page or by phone at (402) 397-0280.

And we have two tickets to give away! To win one, leave a comment below stating why you’d like to hear J. Joe Ricketts speak.

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