Chris Sacca

Christopher Sacca

Chris Sacca at Defrag 2009 in Denver
Born 1975 (age 39–40)
Lockport, NY.
Net worth US$1.24 billion[1]

Christopher Sacca (born 1975) is a venture investor, public speaker, private equity adviser, and former employee of Google Inc. He is an investor in Twitter.[2] His brother is comedian Brian Sacca.[3]

Education

Beginning in 6th grade, Sacca attended the State University of New York at Buffalo for six years of graduate-level mathematics classes.[4]

Sacca graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of The Tax Lawyer law review and was honored as the school’s Philip A. Ryan and Ralph J. Gilbert Memorial Scholar. He also graduated cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and was an Edmund Evans Memorial Scholar as well as a Weeks Family Foundation Scholar.

During his studies, Sacca attended university at each of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, University College Cork, in Cork, Ireland, and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.

Career

Google

Sacca served as Head of Special Initiatives at Google Inc. At Google he led the alternative access and wireless divisions. His most publicly visible projects include Google’s 700 MHz and TV white spaces spectrum initiatives, Google's data center in Oregon, and Google’s free citywide WiFi network in Mountain View, California. Sacca also spearheaded many of Google’s business development and Mergers and acquisitions transactions. He was on the founding team of the company’s New Business Development organization.[4]

Lowercase Capital

Sacca manages a holding company, LOWERCASE capital. The portfolio consists mainly of consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology startups.[5]

Philanthropy

Sacca dedicates much of his time to helping the following causes: charity: water, Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG Foundation, and The Tony Hawk Foundation.

References

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  2. ↑ "About Me". Whatisleft.org. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  3. ↑ http://www.whatisleft.org/lookie_here/2005/12/pete_and_brian_.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Chris Sacca | CrunchBase Profile". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  5. ↑ "LOWERCASE capital". lowercasecapital.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20.

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