Kevin Willer

Kevin is a Partner at Chicago Ventures and professional sports team investor.   

In late 2000, he co-founded the Chicago sales office of Google Inc.  As the first “Kevin” to work for the company, he spent over a decade helping to build Google’s local presence to over 400 professionals and developed relationships across Chicago’s business and tech ecosystem while also earning his MBA from Chicago Booth in 2010.  In 2011, Kevin helped launch leading technology incubator 1871 - and then joined early-stage tech firm Chicago Ventures in 2013.

Passionate around all sports, especially proper football, in 2020 Kevin and his family began investing in professional soccer teams in the U.S. and abroad including the Chicago Red Stars (NWSL), Leyton Orient Football Club (EFL1), OneKnoxville Sporting Club (USL1), Rhode Island Football Club (USLC) and AFC Toronto of the Northern Super League (NSL) in Canada. In 2022, he became Vice Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Red Stars, helping to lead the club through a challenging time and sales process to new ownership, led by Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts. Still bullish on the NWSL opportunity, in 2026 the Willer family got back invested in the league through the expansion club, Boston Legacy FC. Outside of soccer, in 2024 Kevin joined the Board of Directors of the Chicago Hounds of Major League Rugby and is a minority investor in TMRW Sports which launched TGL with Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy in early 2025.