Paraag Marathe is the San Francisco 49ers chief contract negotiator and salary cap architect, in conjunction with presiding over 49ers Enterprises business ventures and investments. Notably, on the business investment side, Marathe is chairman of Leeds United Football Club of the English Football League Championship, as 49ers Enterprises holds full ownership of the club. Beyond the 49ers, Marathe is a faculty member at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Marathe is a philanthropist, sitting on the Board of Directors for Andrea’s Voice, Project HEAL, The Body Positive, and Sequoia Hospital Foundation – where both of his daughters were born. In recognition, Marathe was selected as a member of the Sports Business Journal’s 2015 Forty Under 40 class, in addition to being a two-time recipient (2012 & 2019) of the Fritz Pollard Alliance’s Johnnie L. Cochran Salute to Excellence Award. Marathe, his wife, Jennifer, and two daughters, Juniper and Maren, live in Los Altos, California.