Position Chairman of the Board
Hometown Dallas, TX
College St. Mark's School of Dallas in '83 and from SMU in '87
Degrees Business Administration
Professional Bio
Clark Hunt has taken on an even greater role in overseeing the Hunt family’s long-standing interest in the Kansas City Chiefs football franchise in recent years. He is entering his second season as the franchise’s Chairman of the Board after holding the post of the Vice Chairman from 2001-04. The 41-year-old Hunt negotiated a four-year contract extension with President Carl Peterson in 2005, helping to solidify the day-to-day leadership of the franchise for the foreseeable future.
He also represents the family at board and NFL meetings, as well as team management sessions. At the league level, Hunt serves on the Board of Trustees of the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan, the NFL Player Second Career Savings Plan, the NFL Player Supplemental/Disability Plan and the NFL Player Annuity Program. In addition, Hunt has been actively involved in the continuing efforts to implement a long-term solution to the many issues surrounding Arrowhead Stadium in order to ensure that the Chiefs and their fans may continue to enjoy one of the NFL’s foremost football facilities in Kansas City for years to come.
Hunt is also a founding investor-operator in Major League Soccer, which includes the 2000 MLS Champion Kansas City Wizards. In that role, Hunt has served as chairman of the 11-year old league’s Finance Committee and is a member of the league’s Labor Committee and Board of Governors. He also has chaired the MLS Competition Committee since the league’s inception, helping design and implement all facets of the league’s rules of competition. In 2004, he took on additional duties as a member of the MLS Television Committee and became co-chairman of the Technical Committee in 2005.
In addition to his responsibilities with the family’s sports franchises, Hunt serves as Chief Executive Officer of Shoreline, Inc. Through Shoreline, Hunt provides advisory services to a diverse group of companies in the financial services industries. He began his business career as an analyst with Goldman Sachs & Company in New York and later moved to the firm’s Los Angeles office.
Hunt graduated first in his class at Southern Methodist University in ‘87, earning a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. He was a two-time recipient of the university’s highest academic accolade, the Provost Award for Outstanding Scholar. During his collegiate athletic career he was a four-year letterman on the Mustangs nationally-ranked soccer squad, earning first-team Academic All-America honors as a junior and senior and serving as a Tri-Captain his final season. He continued his involvement with SMU by serving as a member of the school’s 21st Century Council from 1995-03. He was named the SMU Cox School of Business Outstanding Young Alumni in 2004 and in 2005 he was appointed to the Cox School Executive Board.
Personal Bio
A member of the Young President’s Organization since ‘98, Hunt also serves as a Trustee of the St. Mark’s School of Texas and a member of the school’s investment committee for its endowment. In addition, he is involved with a number of non-profit community organizations. He was born on February 19, 1965 in Dallas, Texas and graduated from the St. Mark’s School of Dallas in ‘83. Hunt and his wife Tavia have three children - Gracelyn, Knobel and Ava.