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Frank M. Sands

Investor

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Sands Capital Ventures

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

About

Frank M. Sands is CEO and CIO of Sands Capital, an institutional investment management firm focused on high-quality, innovative growth businesses globally. He helped found the firm in 1992, later attended business school, and worked at Fayez Sarofim & Co. before returning in 2000 as director of research and co-portfolio manager; he became president in 2004 and CEO/CIO in 2008. He founded Sands Capital Alternatives, the firm's venture capital and private equity capability, which includes the Global Innovation, Pulse, and Global Ventures strategies.

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Experience

  1. Sands Capital ManagementChief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officercurrent2008 — presentArlington, VA USA
  2. Sands Capital ManagementPresident and Director of Research2004 — 2008Arlington, VA
  3. Sands Capital ManagementDirector of Research and Sr. Portfolio Manager2000 — 2004Arlington, VA
  4. Fayez Sarofim & Co.Principal, Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager1994 — 2000Houston, TX USA

Education

  1. University of Virginia Darden School of BusinessMBA, Business1992 — 1994
  2. The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business SchoolMS, Real Estate Development & Finance1991 — 1993
  3. Washington and Lee UniversityBA, Economics1985 — 1989

Same school

Also attended University of Virginia Darden School of Business98

Cathy FriedmanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Daniel LynchInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Rajan MehraPartner at March Capital PartnersRob LudwigChief Operating Officer at Hoxton VenturesBrett BrohlManaging Partner at Bread And Butter Ventures, LlcKwame UlmerVenture Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health

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Also attended The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School18

Tony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalFloyd H. GriffithManaging Partner at Little Bristol PartnersMelissa GuttmanPrincipal, Talent at JMI EquityVipul KellaInvestor at FortySix Venture CapitalAndrew MausManaging Director, North America at AI CapitalMarissa MooreInvestor at OMERS Ventures

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Also attended Washington and Lee University33

Rob LudwigChief Operating Officer at Hoxton VenturesBlair GarrouCo-founder & General Partner at Mercury FundKerry KelloggVenture Partner at Alpha PartnersReed EdwardsPrincipal at Five Elms CapitalAustin GideonPrincipal at Five Elms CapitalBrian CarneyGeneral Partner at Harbert Growth Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sands Capital Management10

Sharon KedarCo-Founder, Partner at Northpond VenturesBrian A. ChristiansenSr. Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Executive Managing Director at Sands Capital VenturesChristina HangSr. Research Analyst at Sands Capital VenturesDavid E. LevansonSr. Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Executive Managing Director at Sands Capital VenturesKayarash KarimianSenior Associate at Cure VenturesAaron SistoPartner at First Spark Ventures, Llc

+ 4 more

Also worked at Fayez Sarofim & Co.1

David PesikoffCo-Founding Partner & President at Triangle Peak Partners

Colleagues at Sands Capital Ventures

Aagam Shah
Principal at Sands Capital Ventures
Amanda Golden
Sr. Associate at Sands Capital Ventures
Andrew P. Giordano
Executive Managing Director, Client Relations and Business Development at Sands Capital Ventures
Ashley N. Patton
Sr. Stewardship Analyst at Sands Capital Ventures
Barron B. Martin Jr.
Managing Partner, Sr. Research Analyst at Sands Capital Ventures
Benjamin H. Betcher
Portfolio Manager, Sr. Research Analyst at Sands Capital Ventures
Brian A. Christiansen
Sr. Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Executive Managing Director at Sands Capital Ventures
Brian Christiansen
Executive Managing Director and Sr. Portfolio Manager at Sands Capital Ventures