Ted Patton rowed at Brown University. He competed for the US at the 1988 Olympics and also at the 1987 World Championships. After college he focused on his business career, first earning an MBA from Northwestern University. He first worked in the QuickBooks business at Intuit, and then in 1998 Patton started Boston Light Software which he sold to Intuit in 1999. He also worked for Intel, FMC Corporation, and was involved in mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs. Patton then founded Hastings Equity Partners, a financial company. He was also the founder and President of Caring from a Distance, a national, non-profit focused on long distance caregivers, and has been a Trustee of the National Rowing Foundation.
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