John Connors III

John Connors is the Founder & CEO of Boathouse Group. John grew up in the advertising business. He started his career in 1989 at Hill Holliday working for his father, Jack Connors, and remained until its sale in 1998. Soon after, John left to work for McCann-Erickson World Group as CEO of Zentropy Partners, where he led the roll-up of 13 separate Internet service businesses across six countries.

In 2001, after working at the biggest agency in New England and then the biggest agency in the world. John decided to start his own agency. The boathouse is an athletic-minded, team-oriented culture focused on ROI and business building. Clients include blue-chip brands such as Eversource, Lincoln Financial, Steward Health Care, Bose, and Cushman & Wakefield.