They say you can’t be what you can’t see. Good thing I didn’t have to look far to see success modeled in my family. I also saw the intense strategy and sheer work that it takes. To you, Rudy Cline-Thomas is the co-founder of venture capital firm MASTRY Ventures. He’s transforming the sports landscape and has graced the covers of the financial industries biggest magazines. To me, he’s just my big brother. I’ve had a front row seat to his meteoric trajectory. In this very personal conversation I share the 5 things he taught me, not by his words but through his consistent actions.
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About Rudy Cline-Thomas
Rudy Cline-Thomas is the Founder and Managing Partner of MASTRY, an alternative investment platform which counts world-class institutions, CEO’s, and athletes as limited partners. Rudy founded MASTRY with a mission to create outsized returns through the advancement of diverse communities and culture. He has leveraged a network of relationships and an opportunity set built over his two decades in sports, media, and investing. Named after the works of renowned artist Kerry James Marshall, who reframed the presentation of the African American experience through fine art, today MASTRY intends to reframe impact investing with four uniquely structured investment platforms: Venture Capital, Private Equity Sports Ownership, Real Estate, and Media.
Leveraging his deep relationships in the worlds of sports and entertainment, Rudy was the mastermind and Executive Producer of the 2021 Sports Emmy nominated “The Scheme,” HBO’s riveting look at the underbelly of college basketball and the federal government’s three-year investigation into college basketball corruption.
Rudy began his career in the sports agency practice of the Washington Law Firm, Williams & Connolly, and later founded The BluePRINT Advisors, a leading athlete-focused wealth advisory business, which he ultimately sold to Royal Bank of Canada in 2015.
Rudy currently serves on the Salesforce Global Advisory Board (NYSE: CRM), is a strategic advisor to Gucci, and is a board advisor for Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA), and Zuora (NYSE: ZUO). He also sits on the Board of the Fifteen Percent Pledge, the Advisory Board of Global Communities and is a member of the Board of Trustees for Providence College, where he earned his college degree.
Rudy is co-owner of the Leeds United Football Club of the English Premier League, Plymouth Argyle F.C. of the English Football League One, and Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club of the Israeli Premier League.
