Bill Rudnick is one of the co-founders and leaders of Peakline Partners. In his role, he serves on Peakline’s Executive Leadership Team and participates in all the firm’s investment decisions. Bill brings his decades of experience working with family offices and other investors to the team, helping the firm identify and create investment opportunities and structures that best serve Peakline’s investor base.
In the community, Bill dedicates much of his time to civic and charitable endeavors, helps lead Peakline’s philanthropic initiatives, and sits on the board of various family offices and family-owned businesses. He has been active in food banking for more than three decades, chairing the boards of directors of The Greater Chicago Food Depository, Feeding America, and The Global FoodBanking Network, which he co-founded. He is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and YPO Gold. Bill sits on the Board of Chicago Public Media, a non-profit that owns WBEZ (Chicago’s public radio station) and The Chicago Sun-Times. Bill has received the Executive Leader Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Founder Award from the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and the Civic Leadership Award from Streetwise.
Bill received his BA, cum laude, in Philosophy from Tufts University, his JD from the Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University, and his MBA, with honors, from the Booth School of Management, The University of Chicago.
Bill and his wife, Lisa, have five children and split their time between West Palm Beach and Chicago.