Founder and CEO
John Thomas Connor
Debate champion and former coach. Built SuperDebate’s product, brand, format, and operating model.
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John Thomas Connor is the founder and CEO of SuperDebate, a live debate league making structured intellectual competition accessible to adults.
He grew up on Chicago’s South Side, became a city-wide varsity debate champion, attended college on a debate scholarship, and later coached debate. After a decade building products and advising technology companies, he founded SuperDebate to give adults a recurring place to test ideas face-to-face.
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Founder and CEO
Debate champion and former coach. Built SuperDebate’s product, brand, format, and operating model.
Chief Strategy Officer
Founder and CEO of Esposito Intellectual Enterprises. Leads capital strategy, partnerships, and expansion relationships.
Brand and culture
Former VP of Cult Indoctrination at Liquid Death, with more than 20 years building consumer movements.
Partnerships and sponsorship
SVP of Partnerships and Events at Real American Beer; former partnership leader at Yaymaker and Groupon.
Competition design
National champion debater, coach, founder of Authentalk, and COO at ModernBrain.
AI and pedagogy
Championship debate coach and co-founder of DebaterHub.
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