Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt is a civic entrepreneur and the Chairman and CEO of McCourt Global, Inc., a company focused on impact investing in real estate, finance, sports, philanthropy, media, and technology.

McCourt is also a passionate supporter of multiple academic, civic, and cultural institutions and initiatives. He is the founder of Project Liberty, a visionary initiative to transform the internet through a new, equitable technology infrastructure and rebuild social media in a way that enables users to own and control their personal data. The project includes the development of a groundbreaking, open-source internet protocol called the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP), which will be owned by the public and serve as a new web infrastructure. It also includes the creation of the McCourt Institute, launched with founding partners Sciences Po in Paris and by Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., to advance research, bring together technologists and social scientists, and develop a governance model for the internet’s next era. In 2020, McCourt launched and became Chairman and CEO of Unfinished. This initiative aims to strengthen civic life in the digital age by redirecting technology, especially social media, to fuel collaboration over division; renewing and strengthening civic institutions to accelerate inclusive problem-solving; and growing a fairer economy.

McCourt has served on Georgetown University’s Board of Directors for many years and, in 2013, made a $100 million founding investment to create Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. He expanded on this in 2021 with a $100 million investment to catalyze an inclusive pipeline of public policy leaders and put the school on a path to becoming tuition-free.

McCourt owns the French football club Olympique de Marseille and formerly owned the Los Angeles Dodgers. With family roots in the construction business dating back to 1893, McCourt has built upon this legacy with initiatives ranging from the development of Boston's Seaport to large, mixed-use projects in Dallas, London, Miami, New York City, and elsewhere.

McCourt graduated from Georgetown University. He and his wife Monica McCourt reside in Florida. He is the proud father of six: Drew, Travis, Casey, Gavin, Luciana, and Brodie McCourt.