Eric A. McAfee

Eric A. McAfee
Born (1962-09-24) September 24, 1962
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation entrepreneur
venture capitalist
philanthropist
Website http://www.ericmcafee.com/

Eric Armstrong McAfee (born September 24, 1962) is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist, founding and funding companies in renewable energy, oil and gas, agriculture, networking devices and enterprise software. Based in the Silicon Valley, McAfee is Chairman of McAfee Capital, a growth equity investment fund; is a principal at merchant bank, Cagan McAfee Capital Partners; and co-founded Berg McAfee Companies, a holding company.[1]

Since 1993, McAfee has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA). The CMTA “represents businesses from the entire manufacturing community—an economic sector that generates more than $250 billion every year and employs more than 1.5 million Californians.”[2]

Early life and education

McAfee was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up on a farm west of Fresno. McAfee graduated from Merced High School in 1980. Upon his graduation from high school, McAfee traveled for one year as a performer and lead trumpet player with Up With People .[3] While on tour with Up With People, McAfee visited 105 cities in Mexico and the United States, performed for the President of Mexico, and performed at the Indianapolis 500 and the World Figure Skating Championships.[4]

In 1986, McAfee earned a B.S. in Management, with and emphasis in Statistics, from the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno.[5] McAfee is also a 1993 graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program and a 2004 graduate of the Harvard Business School Private Equity and Venture Capital Program. He is currently a resident of Saratoga, CA.

Business career

Today, McAfee is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist with lifelong commitment to agriculture and renewable energy. He is a founding shareholder of Pacific Ethanol ($800 million revenues, $85 million from Bill Gates equity). He is a founding shareholder of several publicly held energy companies, including Evolution Petroleum, Pacific Asia Petroleum, Particle Drilling Technologies, World Waste Technologies, and Solargen Energy. He has funded more than twenty-five companies as principal investor, and has founded seven public companies with a combined high market value of $4 billion. [6]

Accolades

Career

2000-Present

1990–2000

1975–1990

Philanthropy

References

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