Frederick L. A. Grauer
Frederick L. A. Grauer was chairman and chief executive officer of
Grauer became a general partner of Angel Investors, L.P. (predecessor to SV Angel) in 1999, where Fred, Ron Conway, Bob Boseman, and Casey McGlynn led investments in over 250 companies, including Google, PayPal, and Ask Jeeves. Their first fund, Angel Investors I, raised in 1999, generated a 7 times return, and their second, raised during 2000, saw a 1.5 times return.
Grauer is currently senior advisor to and a member of the boards of directors of Course Hero, a student question-and-answer platform that helps students learn faster and remember longer; Credit Sesame, a personal credit management platform for individuals seeking to optimize their use of credit, and a trustee of the Mountain View Funds of American Century Investments and chairman of its governance committee.
Grauer is also a member of the board of advisors to the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research.
In his not-for-profit activities, Grauer is chairman emeritus and charter trustee emeritus of the board of trustees of the
Previously, Grauer was with the capital markets group of
References
- ^ "An Index Fund Pioneer Tries Life as an Angel". The New York Times. September 27, 1999.
- ^ "An Index Fund Pioneer Tries Life as an Angel". The New York Times. September 27, 1999.
- ^ "Blow to Barclays Global as Grauer Quits Abruptly". Financial News. July 13, 1998.
- ^ "The People Who Changed Global Investing". Global Custodian. Fall 1999.
- ^ "How This Man Manages $69 Billion". Fortune. 1989.