William E. Ford
InvestorChief Executive Officer at General Atlantic
New York, NY
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About
William Ford is the chief executive of General Atlantic, the growth-equity firm he joined in 1991 from Morgan Stanley, and has overseen its expansion into a global investor with deep financial-technology bets.
Experience
- Silver LakeManaging Director, Chief Technology Officercurrent2023 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
- Stratecution Consulting, LLCFounder and President2016 — 2023Greater New York City Area
- TPG CapitalChief Information Officer2012 — 2016Greater New York City Area
- MF GlobalChief Information Officer2008 — 2011Greater New York City Area
- Stratecution Consulting, LLCFounder2008Greater New York City Area
- Moore Capital ManagementCIO2006 — 2008Greater New York City Area
- Natixis CIB Americas (formerly known as Natexis)CIO - SVP2002 — 2006Greater New York City Area
- OppenheimerFundsCTO - SVP1994 — 2002Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
Program Management2Fixed Income17Leadership55Management58Strategy76Derivatives8Executive Management48Trading Systems22Equities21Market Data8Business Analysis14Electronic Trading4
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Risk ManagementInvestmentsSharePointHedge FundsFinancial ServicesIT StrategyPortfolio ManagementVendor ManagementDisaster RecoveryAsset ManagementProject ManagementBusiness IntelligenceFrom William's professional profile.
Colleagues at General Atlantic
Aaron Goldman
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Alex Crisses
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Andrew Crawford
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Andrew Ferrer
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Anish Batlaw
Managing Director at General Atlantic
Annie Paydar
Managing Director, Global Head of Human Capital at General Atlantic
Ben Sherman
Principal at General Atlantic
Brett Zbar
Managing Partner at General Atlantic
Frequently asked questions
- Who is William E. Ford?
- William Ford is the chief executive of General Atlantic, the growth-equity firm he joined in 1991 from Morgan Stanley, and has overseen its expansion into a global investor with deep financial-technology bets.
- Where does William E. Ford work?
- William E. Ford is Chief Executive Officer at General Atlantic.
- Where did William E. Ford go to school?
- William E. Ford studied at Binghamton University (BA, Political Science); NYU Stern School of Business (MBA, Finance).
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Also attended NYU Stern School of Business598
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Shared employers
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Also worked at MF Global13
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