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Paul E. Tierney, Jr. (born in 1943) is a business professor at Columbia University, a fund manager, and a venture capitalist at Aperture Venture Partners, and Fidus Partners. His investments have included stakes in the parent of United Airlines, US healthcare companies, and businesses in underdeveloped markets including Subsaharan Africa. He was named Chair of the Board of Advisors for Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) by Lisa Anderson, dean.

Life

He graduated from Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois) and magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1964. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Chile. He graduated from Harvard University, with an M.B.A. as a Baker Scholar, in 1968.

He was a senior vice president at White, Weld & Co. In 1978, he co-founded Gollust, Tierney & Oliver; they split up in 1990. He owned the Major League Soccer team, D.C. United, from 1994 to 2001.

He is married to Susan; they have three children.

Philanthropy

Tierney has been chairman of TechnoServe, an international economic development organization working in Africa and Latin America, for two decades. Tierney encourages the use of private equity and venture capital to fund entrepreneurial firms in Africa, believing this funding approach "can be a superior alternative to the traditional development funds funneled through the likes of the World Bank."

References

  1. "Aperture Venture Partners". Aperturevp.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  2. "Fidus Partners". Fidus Partners. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  3. ^ Daniel Fisher Bullish On Harare; Champions of Free Enterprise Forbes Magazine
  4. Paul Tierney Jr. Archived 2010-06-24 at the Wayback Machine Columbia Business School
  5. World Poverty A Reference Book page 126-127
  6. Susan Young Straddling Two Worlds: Paul Tierney Harvard Business School Online Bulletin December 2002
  7. alumni profile Harvard Business School
  8. Oliver F. Williams; Frank K. Reilly; John W. Houck (1989). Ethics and the investment industry. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-8476-7613-2.
  9. "Paul Tierney Named Chair of SIPA Board of Advisors". Columbia News. Oct 19, 2005.
  10. Businessweek profile
  11. "3 Coniston partners are splitting up - Chicago Sun-Times | HighBeam Research - FREE trial". Highbeam.com. 1990-06-23. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  12. "Profile - December 2002 - Alumni Bulletin - Harvard Business School". Alumni.hbs.edu. 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  13. Columbia Business School profile
  14. interview April 2010 LEADERS magazine
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