Network origin in Bob Ward first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
Stanford University
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 495 |
Bowdoin College
 Bowdoin College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 54 |
Oregon Venture Fund
 Oregon Venture Fund Investment ManagersFinance Oregon Venture Fund (Oregon Venture Fund) is a venture capital subsidiary of The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network founded in 2007 by Eric J. Rosenfeld and Bob Ward. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
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| Subsidiary | Investment Managers | 2 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
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Companies connected to Bob Ward via their personal network
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|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Business School | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| APPLE INC. | Telecommunications Equipment | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| University of California, Berkeley | College/University | Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Northwestern University
 Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses | College/University | Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
Clearwire Corp.
 Clearwire Corp. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Clearwire Corp. provided fourth generation wireless broadband services. It built and operated next generation mobile broadband networks that provided mobile internet and residential Internet access services. The company was founded by Craig O. McCaw in October 2003 and was headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Specialty Telecommunications | Director of Finance/CFO Director/Board Member | |
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
 American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics provides services in the field of aeronautical engineering & publishes technical journals. The company provides services such as publications & papers, courses & training and conferences & events. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Reston, VA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| The University of Chicago | College/University | Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree | |
| The University of Texas at Austin | College/University | Graduate Degree Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Proteus Digital Health, Inc.
 Proteus Digital Health, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Proteus Digital Health, Inc. develops medicine products and therapeutic devices. It provides digital health products that collect behavioral, physiologic, and therapeutic metrics, such as medication adherence, heart rate, sleep patterns, physical activity, and stress levels into personal management tools delivered to the mobile devices of consumers. The company was founded by Andrew M. Thompson, George M. Savage, and Mark J. Zdeblick in 2001 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Founder | |
| Princeton University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| Kellogg School of Management | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
TPG Growth LLC
 TPG Growth LLC Investment ManagersFinance TPG Growth LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of TPG Capital Advisors LLC founded in 2000 by William E. McGlashan and Michael Guthrie. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, United States with additional office in London, United Kingdom. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Broker)
 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Broker) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.
 The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | College/University | Doctorate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| The University of California, San Francisco | College/University | Doctorate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| ELASTIC N.V. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Voltus, Inc.
 Voltus, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Voltus, Inc. provides cash-generating energy products to commercial, institutional and industrial customers. The company was founded by Gregg Dixon and Matthew Plante in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal Undergraduate Degree | |
| HP INC. | Computer Processing Hardware | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Wealthfront Corp.
 Wealthfront Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Wealthfront Corp. provides investment advisory services. The company was founded by Andrew Samuel Rachleff and Daniel Joseph Carroll in 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Investment Managers | Director/Board Member Director of Finance/CFO | |
| Harvard Law School | College/University | Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides legal services. It specializes in the areas of corporate law, securities, corporate, litigation, mergers, real estate, pro bono, investment management and taxation. Their clients include industrial, commercial, financial, private funds, governmental, educational, charitable and cultural enterprises and entities. The company was founded by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and William Nelson Cromwell in 1879 and is headquartered in New York City, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Private Equity Analyst Corporate Officer/Principal | |
KKR Group Co., Inc.
 KKR Group Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance KKR Group Co., Inc. engages in the provision of investment and private equity asset management services. The firm manages investments across multiple asset classes including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and hedge funds. It operates through the Asset Management and Insurance segments. The Asset Management segment includes investment management and other services to funds, vehicles, collateral loan obligations, managed accounts and portfolio companies, and transaction-specific income from capital markets transactions. The Insurance segment offers retirement and life insurance services which provide a suite of protection, legacy and savings products to customers and reinsurance solutions to clients across individual and institutional markets. The company was founded by Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts in 1976 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal Director/Board Member | |
Ericsson, Inc.
 Ericsson, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Ericsson, Inc. develops and markets wireless infrastructure equipment. Its products include antennas, transmitters, switching systems and other gears used to build wireless networks. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Plano, TX. | Telecommunications Equipment | Director/Board Member | |
| TISHMAN SPEYER INNOVATION CORP. II | Financial Conglomerates | Director/Board Member | |
Tekion Corp.
 Tekion Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Tekion Corp. engages in the development of business applications. Its product is as dSE, an end-to-end digital technology for both consumers and dealership personnel that connects the entire service experience from appointment scheduling to payment and everything in-between. The company was founded by Jayaprakash Vijayan and Guru Sankararaman in 2016 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member | |
Covariant, Inc.
 Covariant, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Covariant, Inc. develops artificial intelligence software that makes it easy to teach robots. The company was founded by Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan and Tianhao Zhang on September 8, 2017 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA. | Industrial Machinery | Director/Board Member | |
Scale AI, Inc.
 Scale AI, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Scale AI, Inc. develops software to help customers. The firm focuses on human microtasks such as image annotation, transcription, categorization, comparison, phone calls or data collection. Its products include image recognition, audio transcription, categorization, comparison, phone calls, and data collection. The company was founded by Alexander Wang and Lucy Guo in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member | |
Cockroach Labs, Inc.
 Cockroach Labs, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Cockroach Labs, Inc. provides data base services. The firm combines the functionality of SQL with the horizontal scalability common to NoSQL offerings and provides enterprise-grade disaster recovery. Its products include CockroachDB Core and CockroachDB Enterprise. The company was founded by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and Benjamin Darnell in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Data Processing Services | Director/Board Member | |
Kong, Inc.
 Kong, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Kong, Inc. provides a marketplace to manage, distribute and consume both private and public application programming interfaces. It allows developers to search its directory to find appropriate applications for specific projects. The firm's applications are used by cloud proxies. The company was founded by Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti and Michele Zonca in July 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Information Technology Services | Director/Board Member | |
Gremlin, Inc.
 Gremlin, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Gremlin, Inc. develops and provides a suite of tools for chaos engineering. It offers Gremlin which provides the framework to simulate real outages with an ever-growing library of attacks. The company was founded by Kolton Andrus and Matthew Fornaciari and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Information Technology Services | Director/Board Member | |
| AURORA INNOVATION, INC. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member | |
Jasper Ridge Partners LP (Private Equity)
 Jasper Ridge Partners LP (Private Equity) Investment ManagersFinance Jasper Ridge Partners LP /Private Equity/ is the private equity arm of Jasper Ridge Partners LP headquartered in the US, California. It was founded in 2013 by Mark Alan Wolfson. | Investment Managers | Consultant / Advisor | |
| NETFLIX, INC. | Internet Software/Services | Founder | |
| Castilleja School | College/University | Director/Board Member | |
GroupSpaces Ltd.
 GroupSpaces Ltd. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services GroupSpaces Ltd. provides platform for managing membership groups. It helps group leaders and committees to organize member records, send email newsletters, host forum, email discussions, organize events, sell tickets and collect membership fees. The company was founded by Andrew Young, Ajmal Asver and David Langer in 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. | Internet Software/Services | Director/Board Member | |
Big Switch Networks LLC
 Big Switch Networks LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Big Switch Networks, Inc. engages in provision of public cloud-style and hybrid cloud networking services. It offers data center switching, visibility and analytics solutions for on-premises clouds, public clouds, and multi-cloud environments. The company founded by Guido Appenzeller and Kyle Forster in March 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Information Technology Services | Director/Board Member | |
Index Venture Management (US), Inc.
 Index Venture Management (US), Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2011, Index Venture Management (US), Inc. is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Index Venture Management SA | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
| ZUORA, INC. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member | |
| HORTONWORKS INC | Information Technology Services | Director/Board Member | |
| PURE STORAGE, INC. | Computer Peripherals | Director/Board Member | |
Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc.
 Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc. Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc. owns and operates a chain of specialty coffee shops. It operates coffee shops in San Francisco and New York. The firm also sells coffee products online. The company was founded by W. James Freeman and Bryan Meehan in August 2002 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. | Food: Specialty/Candy | Director/Board Member |
Statistics
International
| United States | 48 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Mauritius | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
Sectoral
| Technology Services | 15 |
| Consumer Services | 15 |
| Finance | 11 |
| Commercial Services | 5 |
| Electronic Technology | 5 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 448 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 217 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 94 |
| Private Equity Investor | 83 |
| Founder | 81 |
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| Michelangelo Volpi | 57 |
| Keith Rabois | 49 |
| Tzar Kuoi Li | 44 |
| David ibnAle | 43 |
| Naushad Darius Forbes | 41 |
| Andrew R. Garman | 34 |
| Edward Herring | 30 |
| Raj Atluru | 30 |
| Marc Lipschultz | 25 |
| Trevor Loy | 23 |
| Ryan A. Harris | 22 |
| Reed Hastings | 20 |
| Thomas Bennett | 19 |
| Mark Sander | 18 |
| Hope Cochran | 18 |
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