Paul J. Bascobert is a businessperson who founded Vertex Partners and who has been the head of 5 different companies. Mr. Bascobert is on the board of Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp. (former Chief Executive Officer & Director) and Member of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.

In the past Paul J. Bascobert was Chief Executive Officer for TEGNA, Inc., Principal at Exchange Solutions, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Gannett Media Corp., President for XO Group, Inc., President for Bloomberg Finance LP, Principal at General Motors Corp., Executive Vice President for Braun Consulting, Inc., President-Local Business at Lighthouse 360, Inc., Head-Business Operations at Bloomberg LP, Executive Vice President for Vertex Partners and Chief Marketing Officer & SVP-Operations at Dow Jones & Co., Inc.

Paul J. Bascobert received an undergraduate degree from Kettering University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.