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Len Baker

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Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures

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Len Baker has been a partner of Sutter Hill Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, since 1973. He has invested across a range of industries, including entertainment media, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, biotechnology, medical equipment, and software. He is currently responsible for Sutter Hill's investments in China. Baker earned a BA in mathematics from Yale and an MBA from Stanford. He has held numerous institutional and endowment roles, including serving as a former trustee of Yale University and chairing its Finance Committee, and serving on the Yale Investment Committee from 1990 to 2015. He also serves on the board of the Stanford Management Company and is a member of the Investment Board of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. He additionally advises the Appian firm on Fund and LP-related matters.

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Education
Studied at Yale (BA, mathematics) Studied at Stanford (MBA)
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Baker is a former trustee of Yale University, where he chaired the Finance Committee. Baker served on the Yale Investment Committee from 1990 to 2015. Baker is a member of the Investment Board of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. Baker serves on the board of the Stanford Management Company, which manages Stanford University's endowment. Baker is an advisor to the Packard Foundation Investment Committee. Baker is a board member of the Environmental Defense Fund. Baker is a member of the Board of Trustees of Berklee College of Music in Boston. Baker is a former board member and chair of the finance and academic committees of Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, California.
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Baker is an advisor to Alta Advisors, a London family office.

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Who is Len Baker?
Len Baker has been a partner of Sutter Hill Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, since 1973. He has invested across a range of industries, including entertainment media, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, biotechnology, medical equipment, and software. He is currently responsible for Sutter Hill's investments in China. Baker earned a BA in mathematics from Yale and an MBA from Stanford. He has held numerous institutional and endowment roles, including serving as a former trustee of Yale University and chairing its Finance Committee, and serving on the Yale Investment Committee from 1990 to 2015. He also serves on the board of the Stanford Management Company and is a member of the Investment Board of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. He additionally advises the Appian firm on Fund and LP-related matters.
Where does Len Baker work?
Len Baker is Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures.