Samuel Plimpton MBA ’77, MArch ’80

Samuel Plimpton serves as Senior Advisor to the Private Investment Group, after serving until June 2012 as co-head of the Private Investment Group, and as a member of Baupost’s Management Committee. Prior to joining Baupost, Sam was an independent advisor, developer and investor in real estate ventures. Sam held a research appointment in Real Estate at the Harvard Business School from 1978 to 1980. Sam graduated from Stanford University, received his MBA from Harvard Business School, and his Masters in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He has served as a Trustee or Overseer of, among others, National Braille Press, New England Conservatory of Music, The Trustees of Reservations, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Massachusetts Farm and Conservation Land Trust, The Harvard Real Estate Academic Initiative, and Boston Foundation for Architecture.