Glenn Hogan Hutchins[1] (born 1955)[1] is an American businessman and investor. He is a private equity investor focused on the technology sector, chairman and co-founder of North Island, and co-founder of Silver Lake Partners.[3]
Glenn Hutchins | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman, North Island[2] |
| Known for | Co-founder of Silver Lake Partners |
Early life and education
Hutchins was born in Virginia in 1955.[1]
After studying at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and graduating in 1973,[4] Hutchins earned a BA from Harvard College in 1977.[5] In 1983, he finished a joint JD/MBA program from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, which he completed simultaneously.[5]
Career
Hutchins began his career as a credit analyst at Chemical Bank after earning his BA from Harvard in 1977.[6]
Following his graduation from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School in 1983,[5] he began his career in private equity at Thomas H. Lee Partners.[7]
Hutchins left the firm in 1992 to join the Bill Clinton presidential transition team as a senior adviser focusing on economic policy.[8] After serving as a special advisor on economic and healthcare policy in the Clinton Administration,[9] Hutchins returned to private equity, this time joining The Blackstone Group in New York[8] in 1994, where he was a senior managing director.[10]
Hutchins co-founded Silver Lake Partners in 1999 alongside Roger McNamee and David Roux.[11] He left the firm in 2012.[11]
Hutchins was a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and chairman of its of Audit and Risk Committee, from 2011 through 2020.[12]
Hutchins is chairman of North Island, an investment firm focused on private equity investments, which he co-founded in 2020 with James Hutchins and Travis Scher.[13]
Other affiliations
Hutchins is co-chairman of the board of trustees of the Brookings Institution.[12][14] In 2013 he also created the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings Institution with a $10 million endowment grant.[15]
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[16]
Hutchins is on the boards of directors of AT&T[17] and Banco Santander.[18]
At GIC Private Limited, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, he is on the Investment Board[19] and the International Advisory Board.[20]
Hutchins is a former chairman of Instinet, a former chairnman of SunGard Data Systems, a former director of Nasdaq,[21] and a former director of the Center for American Progress.[22] He has also previously served on the boards of TD Ameritrade, Seagate Technology, MCI, Inc., Gartner, and Sabre Holdings.[23]
The W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, established in 1975, was expanded and renamed the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research in 2013 after a $15 million gift from Hutchins via his Hutchins Family Foundation.[24]
He was previously a partial owner of the Boston Celtics.[25]
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