Dennis Repp

Dennis Repp has a lifetime record of extraordinary achievements in business and philanthropy. He grew up on a farm in Eastern Colorado, spending his elementary years in a tiny school where he was one of the two children in his grade. From that inauspicious beginning he went on to successfully launch companies and to exhibit incredible generosity, using the financial fruits of his success to make a significant difference in the lives of individuals worldwide. After college and then serving in the Army, Repp joined Union Bank and progressed to be president of the bank’s venture capital operations, one of the first in the United States. There, he provided seed capital to launch many successful ventures, including the Storage Technology Corporation in Boulder. In 1972, he moved to Allstate Insurance to manage its venture capital operations. Under his direction, Allstate provided nearly 50 percent of all venture capital in the U.S. during the 1970s. Seed money was provided to 85 companies, including the original financing of FedEx. Recently Repp has built his own companies, including the invention of multilayer circuit boards, sorting devices for copy machines, identification of DNA mutant genes, stem cell utilization, and has been PMC’s most significant and strategic personal investor since its founding. The financial success of his ventures has allowed Repp to build Opportunity International, which now annually impacts more than one million people in need. He helped build and fund multiple charter schools, which serve more than 3,000 disadvantaged students in Los Angeles. He also funded The New Start Repp Distinguished Veterans Fund that assists wounded veterans.