Carter Cast teaches entrepreneurship at Kellogg and serves as a venture partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital and an operating partner at Pritzker Private Capital. He previously led Walmart.com and Hayneedle and helped build Blue Nile after marketing roles at Electronic Arts and PepsiCo.
Carter Cast teaches entrepreneurship at Kellogg and serves as a venture partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital and an operating partner at Pritzker Private Capital. He previously led Walmart.com and Hayneedle and helped build Blue Nile after marketing roles at Electronic Arts and PepsiCo.
Career
Carter Cast holds a BA, Political Science from Stanford University and an MBA, Strategy and Marketing from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.
PPOperating Partner – Commercial at Pritzker Private Capital from 2023 to Present
NUClinical Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management from 2016 to Present
Venture Partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital from 2012 to PresentHBoard Member at HeartLand until Present
MFBoard Member at Monogram Foods until Present
PCBoard Member at PLZ Corp. until Present
CSAdvisory Board Member at College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America until Present
HCEO at Hayneedle from 2007 to 2011
President and Chief Executive Officer, Walmart.com at Walmart from 2005 to 2007Cosigns Received
Adam Koopersmith
With a combination of incredible precision and empathy, Carter has an uncanny ability to pinpoint the weaknesses of a management team