Brooks Zug

Brooks Zug is a senior managing director of HarbourVest Partners, LLC and a founder of the Firm. He is responsible for overseeing primary, secondary, and direct investments. He joined the corporate finance department of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1977, and, in 1982, co-founded Hancock Venture Partners, which later became HarbourVest Partners. He serves as an advisory committee member for a number of U.S. and European private equity partnerships, including funds managed by Accel Partners, Advent International, Doughty Hanson, Permira, Silver Lake Partners, and TA Associates. Brooks is also a director of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (HVPE), a Guernsey-registered closed-end investment company listed on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext. Brooks is a past Trustee of Lehigh University and a current Overseer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He received a BS from Lehigh University in 1967 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1970.