Robert Allbritton Bio

Robert L. Allbritton is Executive Chairman and a co-founder of Perpetual Capital Partners. He is an experienced investor, entrepreneur and senior executive, who has founded, invested in and led numerous startups and operating businesses. Robert is Executive Chairman & Publisher and a co-founder of POLITICO, a global news and information company focused on the intersection of politics and policy. Previously, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allbritton Communications Company, a family owned media company that owned and operated seven ABC-affiliated broadcast stations, including WJLA in Washington, D.C., and also News Channel 8, a 24-hour local news cable programming service and website in the Washington metropolitan area. Robert serves on the Board of Directors of the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation, Austin, Texas, and is a Trustee Emeritus of Wesleyan University. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he majored in government. Robert is a member of the Alfalfa Club, Metropolitan Club and University Club in Washington, D.C., the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in La Jolla, California, and Annabel’s in London, England.