As a longtime resident of Georgetown, Massachusetts, I was as surprised as anyone to discover that the reported new owner of the Boston Celtics, William Chisholm, grew up in my little town. (Population 8,454.) Apparently Chisholm, the managing director and co-founder of Symphony Technology Group, hightailed it out of there before I moved in back in 1999, or I’m sure I would have run into him in Crosby’s Market by now.
Regardless, now that he’s apparently shelling out $6.1 billion to purchase Boston’s world champion basketball team, curiosity about his Massachusetts hometown is sure to spike.