David Sacks

Former PayPal executive; CEO of Benefits; Craft Ventures Management - San Francisco

David has been involved in the Internet space for 10 years as an entrepreneur, executive and investor, starting with PayPal in 1999. He was PayPal's Chief Operating Officer and product leader, taking the company from startup to IPO and eventual sale to eBay for $1.5 billion. Subsequently, he founded Geni.com, which is a genealogy website that enables millions of family members to collaboratively build an online family tree. He also produced and financed the movie "Thank You For Smoking." David holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

TriNet Zenefits Free cloud-based software to help small businesses automate payroll and benefits; San Francisco

• CEO (Feb '16→?)

Geni An online community of genealogists

• Founder and CEO ('06→'09)

PayPal, Inc. Online payment site, IPO in 2002, later acquired by eBay

• COO ('99→'02)

Board Memberships

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

• Board Member

Positions

Yammer Inc Enterprise Social Network

• Founder and CEO (Sep '08→Jul '14)

FWD.us Zuckerberg-backed advocacy group

• major contributor

The Stanford Review Conservative university newspaper

• Editor in Chief (past)

Donations

Committee to Support the Recall of Board of Education Commissioners Lopez, Collins, and Moliga PAC Targeting the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD (Jan 1 '21→Jun 15 '21)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Hillary Victory Fund

• 2 contributions · 66,800 USD (Jun 27 '16)

Purple Good Government Pac (Purple Pac; Pggpac; Ppac)

• 3 contributions · 62,500 USD (Feb 2 '22→Mar 16 '22)

Romney Victory

• 1 contribution · 50,000 USD (Jul 24 '12)

Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP

• 2 contributions · 40,800 USD ('08→'12)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 1 contribution · 28,000 USD (Jun 27 '16)

National Republican Senatorial Committee Campaign committee for Republican U.S. Senate candidates

• 2 contributions · 27,000 USD ('12→Oct 15 '14)

Brown Victory Cmte

• 1 contribution · 22,500 USD (Oct 14 '14)

WinRed Republican Party (GOP) fundraising platform endorsed by the Republican National Committee

• 5 contributions · 22,400 USD (Nov 18 '20→Jan 22 '21)

John McCain US Senator and Representative from Arizona

• 4 contributions · 19,200 USD ('08)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 4 contributions · 10,800 USD (Jun 27 '16)

Holdings

Addepar, LLC Develops software for the wealth management industry

• Investor

Schools

The University of Chicago Law School

• JD (?→'98)

Stanford University One of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

• BA, Economics (?→'94)