Matt Higgins
Entrepreneur, investor and author
Matt Higgins is an American entrepreneur and investor who co-founded RSE Ventures. He wrote Burn the Boats, a book about moving forward without a Plan B.
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American Born 1974 in New York City, United States
About Matt Higgins
Matt Higgins grew up in Queens, New York, in a family that struggled financially. He left high school, earned a GED, started college at 16 and later completed a law degree at Fordham Law while working full-time. At 26 he became the youngest mayoral press secretary in the history of New York City, and he later served as Chief Operating Officer of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the agency created to rebuild the World Trade Center site. He spent years in senior roles with National Football League teams, including the New York Jets, and was Vice Chairman of the Miami Dolphins from 2012 to 2021. In 2012 he co-founded the investment firm RSE Ventures with Stephen M. Ross. He has also been a guest investor on Shark Tank, and he lectures at Harvard Business School on direct-to-consumer brands. His first book, Burn the Boats, was published by William Morrow in 2023 and was a Wall Street Journal bestseller. It argues for always moving forward rather than keeping a fallback plan.