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George Sarlo
Managing Director
Mr. Sarlo is a venture capital pioneer. He
co-founded Walden in 1974 with Mr. Berliner and is known for his
expertise in technology and semiconductors.
Along with Mr. Berliner, he also co-founded Walden International and
Walden Israel, two venture firms with over $1.5 billion in combined
committed capital under management that invest in high technology
opportunities primarily in Asia and Israel, respectively.
Mr. Sarlo also was the Founder and Chairman of Ashfield & Co., Inc.,
an investment management company in San Francisco with over $4 billion
under management. Ashfield was sold to Old Mutual plc (LSE:OML) in
February 2007.
Experience:
Portfolio Manager at Capital Research, Inc.; Director at William D.
Witter, Inc.; Engineer at Hughes Aircraft Semiconductor division.
Past Boards:
Napco, Inc. (NYSE), InVivo Inc. (NASDAQ), Computer Communications
(NASDAQ), RasterOps (NASDAQ), Interlinq (NASDAQ), Elantec, Rugged
Digital Systems, Microchip (observer), Vitesse Semiconductor
(Observer). Other investments include Elantec/Intersil (IPO) and
Terayon (IPO)
Current Boards:
Telekenex (Observer)
Non-Portfolio: International Rescue Committee, American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee, Sarlo Foundation, San Francisco
Conservatory of Music (Trustee), University of California San
Francisco Foundation (Member), KQED, Inc. (Chairman Emeritus)
Education:
Mr. Sarlo earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the
Harvard Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science Degree
in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona. He was
awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the University
of San Francisco.
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