Ken Goldman
InvestorBoard of Advisors at 7BC Venture Capital
Atherton
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
About
Ken Goldman is a financial executive with over four decades of leadership experience who served as President of Hillspire, a family office management firm, and previously held CFO positions at Yahoo!, Fortinet, and Siebel Systems. He has served on more than 40 corporate boards, including public companies such as Fortinet, RingCentral, Zuora, and GoPro, and has been involved with three companies that went public. A Cornell University alumnus with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Harvard Business School, he currently serves as Trustee at Cornell University and holds positions on various nonprofit and advisory boards.
Experience
- Cornell UniversityTrusteecurrent2004 — present
- Hillspire, LLCPresident2018 — 2022Menlo Park
- Yahoo!Former Chief Financial Officer2012 — 2017
- FortinetCFO2007 — 2012
- Siebel SystemsCFO2000 — 2006
- Siebel Systems/Oracle CorporationCFO2000 — 2006
- Excite, Inc. and Excite@HomeCFO1996 — 2000
- Excite@HomeCFO1996 — 2000
- @Home Network (later Excite@Home)CFO1996 — 2000
- Sybase, Inc.CFO1992 — 1996
- Cypress SemiconductorCFO1989 — 1992
Skills & more
Cost Benefit28Start-ups99Financial Modeling49Business Strategy99Manufacturing10IT Management12Mergers49Venture Capital81Software Development14Banking13Financial Analysis19Mergers & Acquisitions99
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ForecastingCorporate DevelopmentExecutive ManagementCorporate FinanceBusiness Process ImprovementStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentPrivate EquityStrategic PlanningStrategyLeadershipManagementFrom Ken's professional profile.
Colleagues at 7BC Venture Capital
Alejandro Hill
Investor at 7BC Venture Capital
Andrew Romans
CEO and General Partner at 7BC Venture Capital
Brad Morgan
Partner at 7BC Venture Capital
David Bayer
Head of Investor Relations at 7BC Venture Capital
Kevin Yu
Venture Partner at 7BC Venture Capital
Lexington Blood
Venture Partner at 7BC Venture Capital
Scott Kelly
Marketing Partner at 7BC Venture Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ken Goldman?
- Ken Goldman is a financial executive with over four decades of leadership experience who served as President of Hillspire, a family office management firm, and previously held CFO positions at Yahoo!, Fortinet, and Siebel Systems. He has served on more than 40 corporate boards, including public companies such as Fortinet, RingCentral, Zuora, and GoPro, and has been involved with three companies that went public. A Cornell University alumnus with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from Harvard Business School, he currently serves as Trustee at Cornell University and holds positions on various nonprofit and advisory boards.
- Where does Ken Goldman work?
- Ken Goldman is Board of Advisors at 7BC Venture Capital.
- What check size does Ken Goldman write?
- Ken Goldman typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- Where did Ken Goldman go to school?
- Ken Goldman studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Cornell University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering).
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