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Steve Woodsum co-founded Summit Partners in 1984. Today, Summit Partners is a leading private equity and venture capital firm with offices in Boston, Palo Alto, and London. Since inception, the firm has raised more than $11 billion in its private equity, venture capital, and subordinated debt funds. Mr. Woodsum was Managing Partner of Summit Partners from 1984 to 2000, during which time the firm averaged over 60% compound annual net returns to its investors.
Previously, Mr. Woodsum was a General Partner at TA Associates and an Investment Analyst at First Chicago Investment Corporation. He received a B.A. from Yale University and a Masters in Management from Northwestern University.
Mr. Woodsum is Chair of the National Board of City Year, an organization which recruits young people for a year of community service across the United States and in Johannesburg, South Africa. He also serves on the Board of The Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, and Co-Chairs the Major Gifts Committee. Mr. Woodsum also serves on the Board of Massachusetts General Hospital and Chairs the Finance Committee. He also serves on the Board of Jumpstart for Young Children, and the board of Overseers of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Previously, Mr. Woodsum was Chair of the Board of BBN and the Science Center of New Hampshire where he remains an Honorary Trustee.
Steve Woodsum has 25 years of experience in private equity investing, having co-founded Summit Partners in 1984 and helped manage its growth to over $5 billion today. Prior to co-founding Summit, Mr. Woodsum was a general partner at TA Associates and an investment analyst at First Chicago Investment Corporation. His board directorships and investments include CIDCO, Inc.; Intellution, Inc.; Softdesk, Inc.; and Superior Services, Inc. He is a past president of the New England Venture Capital Association.
Pepsi is involved in this if I’m not mistaken.
I guess that country crackers need not apply.
The evening training sessions will consist of core curriculum such as Self Critique, a method we learned from our little communist brothers in the Viet Cong and North Vietnam Peoples Army espoused by Uncle Ho and General Giap.
This will be followed by rousing renditions of Dosvidanya Rodina. It’ll be most inspiring.