PRIVATEBANCORP, INC.
Power of Attorney
for Executing Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 and 144

Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned, director
or officer, or both, of PrivateBancorp, Inc, (the ?Company?)
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jennifer R. Evans,
Julie O'Connor, Elizabeth Nemeth, Zack Christensen and Jennifer
Durham King, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the
Company: (a) Form ID (or any similar form) to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (?SEC?) to generate and/or
update SEC filing codes; (b) Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ?Exchange Act?) and the rules thereunder and (c) Forms 144
in accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933
(the ?Securities Act?);

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or 144 and timely file any such
forms with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute(s),
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power
of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4, 5 or 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities of the Company unless earlier revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney as of this 29th day of July, 2015.

	Name:  /s/ Richard Scott Price