Rob Chandra

Education
MBA, Harvard Business School
BA, Economics, University of California at Berkeley
Positions Held
At Haas since 2013
2013 – present, Lecturer, Haas School of Business
2012 – Present, President & CEO, Avid Park Capital
2000 – 2015, Managing Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
1996 – 2000, General Partner, Commonwealth Capital Ventures
1993 – 1996, Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company
1988 – 1991, Associate, Accenture, Strategic Services group
1987 – 1988, Sales & Marketing, IBM
External Service and Assignments
- Chairman, Berkeley Endowment Management Company, UC Berkeley Foundation - Board of Dean’s Advisors, Harvard Business School - Active angel investor, advisor, or board member with 24+ technology start-ups - Advisor, Cloud Apps Capital Partners - Advisor, VSL Partners L.P. - Served on 45 company’s board of directors (public and private companies during a 20 year venture capital career) - Board of Trustees, Menlo School - Member, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, 2005 to current - Charter Member, TiE, The Indus Entrepreneur, 1996 to current - Chair, major gifts committee, HBS class of 93’ reunion

Current Research and Interests
- Alternative investing (venture capital, private equity, & hedge funds) - Entrepreneurship

Selected Papers and Publications
- “Wish, a Direct From China Shopping App, Lures Bargain Hunters”, Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2015 - “Seven Reasons Bessemer Raised $1.6 billion for Fund VIII,” PE Hub, April, 2012 - “Advice from Rob Chandra,” Forbes Magazine, Nov 2011 - “15 Minutes with Rob Chandra: The Thinker,” Forbes Magazine, April 2011 - “New Funds Shows Interest in Tech Start-ups,” Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2011 - “India trip to boost trade: Rob Chandra,” Economic Times, Nov 2010 - “Rico Auto Industries: Raising Private Equity in India,” Harvard Business School case study # 806079 - “Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd, An IPO in India,” Harvard Business School case study # 807095 - “Healthcare’s IT Mistake,” The McKinsey Quarterly, With Tony Miller & Mark Knickerham, Vol #4, 1995

Honors and Awards
- Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2015, Undergraduate program - Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2014, Full Time MBA program - Five time member of the Forbes Magazine’s “Midas List” of Top Venture Capitalists - Named to Top 50 “Most Influential Global Indian Men” - Selected to accompany President Obama on diplomatic trade mission to India - Invited to White House Leadership Conference, May 2015 - Forbes Magazine, “Most Thoughtful Investor,” April, 2011 - Frequent Club 6 Member, Haas School of Business (for teaching excellence based on student evaluations)