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Pete Ricketts is the founder of Drakon LLC an investment company in Omaha NE. He is also director and president of the Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc. and a board member of ZNRG Inc.
He previously served as a director on the Ameritrade Holding Corporation board of directors from 1999 to 2006 when he resigned to campaign for election to the United States Senate for the State of Nebraska. He returned to the board in October 2007.
In addition to his work on the board Ricketts previously served the Company for more than 12 years in a number of executive management roles most recently as the Company's chief operating officer and vice chairman of the board. He also oversaw areas such as strategy and business development product development and marketing.
Prior to joining the Company Ricketts worked in environmental and economic consulting and worked for Union Pacific Railroad. He is a member of the Omaha board of Children's Scholarship Fund a group that provides educational opportunities to low-income children; a board member for Gambling with the Good Life an anti-gambling coalition; and a member of the advisory board for the Nebraska Coalition for Ethical Research.
Ricketts serves on the advisory board for the University of Chicago School of Business and is an advisory board member for the Alumni Capital Network and the Republican Forum. He is also a member of the Trustees for the American Enterprise Institute the Community Health Charities of Nebraska state board of directors the Fund for Omaha committee and the Knights of Columbus.
Ricketts holds an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from the University of Chicago where he also earned his bachelor's degree. | 