About
Patrick McGinnis is a board director, executive coach, and author with over 25 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, and governance. He serves on the boards of ibex and TRG Pakistan, and is an investment committee member at Salkantay Ventures. McGinnis coined the terms FOMO and FOBO, authored The 10% Entrepreneur and Fear of Missing Out, hosts the FOMO Sapiens podcast, and holds a degree from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Experience
- ibexBoard of Directors & Audit Committeecurrent2024 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
- MetLife Investment ManagementAdvisorcurrent2010 — presentNew York, United States
- FOMO SapiensCreator & Hostcurrent2018 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- SourcebooksAuthor, Author of Fear of Missing Out (May 2020).\current2019 — present
- Penguin Books LtdAuthor The 10% Entrepreneurcurrent2014 — presentGreater New York City Area
- The xQuotientCo-Founder & Coachcurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Salkantay PartnersVenture Partner & Investment Committee, SxF (Salkantay Exponential Fund)current2019 — present
- InvisibleAdvisorcurrent2023 — presentNew York, United States
- ipsyInvestorcurrent2012 — present
- The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)Fellowcurrent2020 — present
- Dirigo AdvisorsManaging Partnercurrent2010 — presentNew York
- World Bank GroupAdvisor, Private Equity and Venture Capitalcurrent2012 — present
- NXTP LabsInvestorcurrent2013 — present
- TRG - The Resource GroupBoard Membercurrent2005 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
- BluesmartAdvisor2014 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
- Socialatom VenturesBoard Member2014 — 2018Medellin
- Centria PartnersAdvisor2013 — 2017Greater São Paulo Area
- Real Influence, Inc.Co-Founder2010 — 2012
- PineBridge InvestmentsVice President2005 — 2010
- JP Morgan PartnersSenior Associate1999 — 2002
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA2002 — 2004
- Georgetown UniversityBSFS, International Economics1994 — 1998
- Universidad Torcuato Di TellaRotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Economics1996 — 1997
- Sanford High School1990 — 1994
- Georgetown University
- Georgetown UniversityBSFS, Foreign Service
Skills & more
Emerging Markets99Latin America97Private Equity99Venture Capital99Valuation71Financial Modeling58Mergers23Corporate Finance28Hedge Funds27Due Diligence41Investments89Equities25
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Asset ManagmentInvestment BankingStart-upsMergers & AcquisitionsAlternative InvestmentsAwesomenessLanguages French · Portuguese · Spanish
- Certificate of Achievement for the Front-end Coaching Intensive (FECI) — Teachers College, Columbia University
From Patrick's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,818
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
+ 1,812 more
Also attended Georgetown University326
Trae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of AndurilLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Tobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at Revolution
+ 320 more
Also attended Universidad Torcuato Di Tella52
Nicolas PustilnickEntrepreneur in Residence at FJ LabsChung Hei SingBoard Member at Maryland TEDCONico BerardiGeneral Partner at ANIMO VenturesBrian AkinSenior Associate at DFJVeronica IzaguirreLegal at NXTPLupe AugierOperations at How Women Invest
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Shared employers
Also worked at Salkantay Partners10
Martín AspillagaInvestor at Salkantay VenturesGuillermo Miro QuesadaInvestor at Salkantay VenturesLaura MaydonIC Member at Salkantay VenturesAlessandra CisnerosInvestor at Salkantay VenturesLeonardo De CasanovaIntern at Salkantay VenturesAndrés EsquivesIntern at Salkantay Ventures
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Also worked at ipsy7
Partner – Private InvestmentsInvestor at Glynn Capital ManagementYersultan SaparInvestor at FEBE VenturesScott StanfordCo-Founder and Partner at ACME CapitalKiva DickinsonManaging Partner at Selva VenturesVictoria PalatnikManaging Partner at Raw VenturesMarissa KimHead of Asset Management at Abra
+ 1 more
Also worked at World Bank Group93
Sara SecallGeneral Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupSka Sijia DuPrincipal at Karma VenturesKavita GuptaSpecial Advisor at Buckhill CapitalSri PedduInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesKavita GuptaFounder and General Partner at Delta BlockchainJose María FernándezPartner at Asabys Partners
+ 87 more
Also worked at TRG - The Resource Group5
Hasnain AslamChief Investment Officer at The Resource GroupShuja KeenManaging Director at The Resource GroupNadeem ElahiManaging Director at The Resource GroupSalman WajidChief of Process Outsourcing at Systems LimitedAbdul QadirChief Financial Officer, NGIF Capital and NGIF Accelerator at NGIF Capital
Colleagues at Salkantay Ventures
Alessandra Cisneros
Investor at Salkantay Ventures
Alfonso Montero
Investor at Salkantay Ventures
Andrés Esquives
Intern at Salkantay Ventures
Beth Ferreira
Investor at Salkantay Ventures
Bruno Oyague
Analyst at Salkantay Ventures
Christina Bechhold
Investor at Salkantay Ventures
Diego Serebrisky
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Dalus Capital
Guillermo Miro Quesada
Investor at Salkantay Ventures





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