Arthur Rock

Principal, Arthur Rock & Co.

Arthur Rock, HBS 1951, was one of America’s first venture capitalists. He played a key role in launching Fairchild Semiconductor, Teledyne, Intel, Apple, and many other high- tech companies. He was a visionary who saw very early on the future of the computer industry and, in many ways, was a driving force in the emergence of Silicon Valley as a center of innovation and entrepreneurship. Following an early career on Wall Street in investment banking, Arthur started his first venture capital partnership with Tommy Davis (who was at that time a vice president of Kern County Land Company) ten years after graduating from HBS. Between 1961 and 1968, Davis & Rock invested $3 million and returned $100 million to their investors. American venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, California raising money for high tech companies such as Intel, Apple, Scientific Data Systems and Telydyne. Convinced the wealthy industrialist Sherman Fairchild to start Fairchild Semiconductor.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

San Francisco Baseball Associates LP

• principal partner

Intel Corporation Semiconductor and Microchip manufacturer

• co-founder

Board Memberships

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Children's Scholarship Fund

• board member

Teach for America Leadership training & short term K12 teaching program oriented around districts with poverty

• Board Member

The Basic Fund gives scholarships to inner city children to attend K-8 private schools

• co-founder

Arthur Rock & Co

• Principal

Leadership for Educational Equity membership-based org for former TFAers anti-union, pro charter schools

• Board Member

Nasdaq, Inc. Provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, regulatory, securities listing, information and public company services

• board member (past)

Xerox Provide services that help assist with document and print related processes

• board member (past)

Echelon Corporation World leader in control networks

• board member

AirTouch

• board member

Argonaut Insurance

• board member

Positions

KIPP Foundation KIPP began in 1994 when two teachers, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, launched a fifth-grade public school program in inner-city Houston, TX, after completing their commitment to Teach For America.

• Position

Donors

Charter Public Schools PAC PAC Sponsored by California Charter Schools Association

• Donation/Grant · 500,000 USD (Nov 6 '16→Nov 6 '18)*

Donations

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Teach for America Leadership training & short term K12 teaching program oriented around districts with poverty

• Grant · 10,000,000 USD

CALIFORNIA EDUCATORS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS FOR HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION A billionaire supported political action committee.

• Monetary · 800,000 USD (Nov 12 '21)*

Parents and Teachers for Tuck super PAC that backed Marshall Tuck in California superintendent race

• Donation · 250,000 USD ('14)

California Charter Schools Association Advocates Independent Expenditure Committee

• Donation · 200,000 USD (Apr 19 '17)

Campaign For Better San Francisco Public Schools PAC Targeting the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education

• Donation/Grant · 100,000 USD (Jul 1 '21→Dec 31 '21)

Minnesota Progressive Education Fund Independent Expenditure Committee

• Donation · 90,000 USD (Sep 29 '14)

Neighbors for a Better San Francisco Organization that opposes progressive candidates and ballot measures in San Francisco.

• Donation/Grant · 50,000 USD (Jan 1 '21→Dec 31 '21)

Champions For Education PAC Promoting school choice friendly candidates.

• Donation/Grant · 50,000 USD (Feb 14 '20)

Leadership for Educational Equity-Texas PAC

• Donation · 40,000 USD (Sep 8 '14) [+3]

• Donation · 30,000 USD (Mar 20 '15)

• Contribution · 10,000 USD (Feb 12 '19)

• Donation · 1,000 USD (Dec 28 '16)

Angela Cobian Denver School Board Candidate

• Donation · 20,000 USD (Sep 8 '17→Nov 1 '17)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Dianne Feinstein US Senator from California

• 15 contributions · 23,899 USD ('91→'12)

Intel Corporation Political Action Committee

• 4 contributions · 20,242 USD ('98→'01)

Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC

• 4 contributions · 20,000 USD ('03→'06)

Democratic State Central Committee of CA - Federal

• 1 contribution · 9,800 USD ('12)

Tom Campbell US Representative from California; Dean of Chapman University School of Law

• 6 contributions · 8,300 USD ('91→'10)

Nancy Pelosi US Representative from California

• 7 contributions · 7,000 USD ('94→'04)

NASDAQ Omx Group, Inc. PAC (NASDAQ PAC)

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD ('04)

Elizabeth Esty Former U.S. Representative from Connecticut (2013-2019)

• 2 contributions · 5,000 USD ('12)

Prostate Cancer Research Political Action Committee (Cap PAC)

• 5 contributions · 5,000 USD ('99→'04)

Olympia Snowe Former US Senator and Representative from Maine

• 6 contributions · 4,500 USD ('99→'06)

Schools

Syracuse University A private research university

• Bachelor's Degree

Harvard Business School

• MBA (?→'51)