Tim Koogle

private venture capitalist, entrepreneur and business leader. From 1995 to May 2001 he served as Yahoo! founding Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Currently, Tim is on the board of a number of private early stage companies in which he is a venture capital investor. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of Thomas Weisel Partners, a publicly held investment bank; is the founder and CEO of Serendipity Land Holdings; Chairman of the Board of Method Home Products, Inc.; and Managing Director of the Koogle Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on the education of underprivileged and high risk young people in the United States, Asia, and Latin America. Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree and doctorate in Engineering from Stanford University.