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
- Chase Capital PartnersAssociate1999 — 2001
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.
Colleagues at Salkantay Ventures
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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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Patrick McGinnis?
- 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.
- Where does Patrick McGinnis work?
- Patrick McGinnis is IC Member at Salkantay Ventures.
- Where did Patrick McGinnis go to school?
- Patrick McGinnis studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Georgetown University (BSFS, International Economics); Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Economics).
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Also attended Georgetown University405
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Also attended Universidad Torcuato Di Tella56
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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 World Bank Group120
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Also worked at TRG - The Resource Group5
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