David Roux is an American businessman, technology investor and philanthropist. He is the managing partner of the investment firm BayPine. Previously, he co-founded Silver Lake Partners with Jim Davidson, Glenn Hutchins and Roger McNamee.
David Roux | |
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| Education | Harvard College King's College, Cambridge Havard Business School |
| Occupation(s) | Managing Partner, BayPine |
| Known for | Co-founder, Silver Lake |
Early life and education
editDavid Roux grew up in Lewiston, Maine, where he attended grade school and high school.[1] He graduated from Harvard College, has an M.Phil from King's College, Cambridge, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.[2]
Career
editAfter business school, Roux founded Datext and served as its CEO before it was acquired by Lotus Software.[3] He served in leadership roles at Lotus and Oracle Corporation before becoming chairman and CEO of Oracle subsidiary Liberate Technologies. In 1999, he and his associates founded Silver Lake Partners.[1]
In 2020, Roux founded BayPine LP with Anjan Mukherjee and serves as one of its managing partners.[4][5]
Affiliations
editDavid has served in the boards of numerous private and public companies, including Boston Scientific,[6] Symantec, Veritas Technologies, Seagate Technology, Business Objects, UGS Corp, Gartner Group, Intelsat, and Avaya, among others. He is currently chairman of The Jackson Laboratory.[7] David previously served on the boards of Bowdoin College, National Audubon Society,[8] the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
Philanthropy
editDavid is chairman of the Roux Family Foundation, through which he and his wife, Barbara, support a variety of education, conservation, biomedical research, global public health and veterans organizations. In 2013, he established the Roux Prize[9] to honor individuals who have used health evidence in impactful ways. In 2014, David established The Roux Family Center for Genomics and Computational Biology[10][11] at Jackson Laboratory. Most recently, he underwrote the construction of the Roux Center for the Environment[12] which opened in 2018 at Bowdoin College.
Most recently, David and Barbara Roux have collaborated with Northeastern University to create The Roux Institute in Portland, Maine. This project was announced in January 2020 to promote regional economic development in Northern New England and will be supported by a $100 million grant from the Roux family.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b LaFlamme, Mark (13 October 2018). "David Roux: Lewiston-born tech visionary looks to the future". Lewiston Sun Journal. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Boehm, Matthew (7 March 2023). "PrefTech Secures $1.3 Million in Debt". citybiz. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Serwer, Andy; Key, Angela (6 September 1999). "The Deal of the Next Century The Silver Lake partners are wagering on a whole new way to invest in infotech--the biggest, baddest LBO fund ever to hit Silicon Valley. They've raised more than $2 billion in a matter of months. Can they make it work? - September 6, 1999". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "New Boston private equity firm raises $1.1B for first fund".
- ^ McNeely, Allison (8 September 2022). "Blackstone and Silver Lake Alumni Raise $2.2 Billion for Debut Fund". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Boston Scientific Elects David Roux to its Board of Directors".
- ^ Peterson, Joyce. "David Roux named chairman of The Jackson Laboratory Board of Trustees". The Jackson Laboratory.
- ^ "David Roux". Audubon. April 1, 2015.
- ^ "Purpose of the Roux Prize".
- ^ "JAX Receives Funding for Genomics". Informatics from Technology Networks.
- ^ Writer, GEN Staff (October 21, 2014). "Investor's Gift Yields $10M for the Jackson Laboratory".
- ^ Strout, Nathan (October 12, 2018). "Bowdoin dedicates Roux Center for the Environment".
- ^ Herald, Peter McGuirePress (January 27, 2020). "Lewiston native puts up $100 million to open Northeastern research center in Portland".