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About
Dominic Barton is a Senior Advisor and Partner at Radical Ventures, where he advises portfolio companies on commercialization and go-to-market strategy, connecting startups to customers and partners. He serves as Chair of Rio Tinto and previously was Canada's Ambassador to China, as well as Global Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company from 2009 to 2018.
Invests in
AI & Machine Learning
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Barton co-founded FCLT Global, a non-profit promoting long-term investment. Barton co-founded Century Initiative, advocating for policies to grow Canada's population to 100 million by 2100.
- Education
- Studied at University of British Columbia (BA, economics) Studied at Brasenose College, Oxford (MPhil, economics)
- Boards
- Barton co-founded FCLT Global (Focusing Capital on the Long Term), a non-profit promoting long-term investment. He chaired the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). He co-founded Century Initiative, a non-partisan network advocating to grow Canada's population to 100 million by 2100. He served on the boards of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Brookings Institution as a senior trustee. He was a Trustee of the Rhodes Trust from 2010 to 2018 and remains a member of its Founder's Circle. He served on the Max Bell School of Public Policy Advisory Board at McGill University and the Cabinet of the University of Toronto Psychiatry Campaign. He was a member of the International Advisory Board of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government and a Commissioner for the Global Commission on Internet Governance.
- Communities
- He is known in China as Bao Damin.
- Awards
- Barton was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. Glassdoor ranked Barton among the top global CEOs in 2016.
- Family
- Barton was born in Mukono, Uganda, in 1962, to an Anglican missionary father and a nurse mother, and his family moved to Canada when he was seven.
- More
- As Canada's Ambassador to China, Barton led efforts to secure the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians imprisoned in China.
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Investments
Board seats
Investor ABSingtel Group
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Radical Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dominic Barton?
- Dominic Barton is a Senior Advisor and Partner at Radical Ventures, where he advises portfolio companies on commercialization and go-to-market strategy, connecting startups to customers and partners. He serves as Chair of Rio Tinto and previously was Canada's Ambassador to China, as well as Global Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company from 2009 to 2018.
- Where does Dominic Barton work?
- Dominic Barton is Partner at Radical Ventures and Chairman at LeapFrog Investments.
- What does Dominic Barton invest in?
- Dominic Barton invests in AI & Machine Learning.
- What boards does Dominic Barton sit on?
- Dominic Barton holds tracked board seats at Investor AB, Singtel Group.
- What awards has Dominic Barton received?
- Barton was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. Glassdoor ranked Barton among the top global CEOs in 2016.
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