Chris Sacca
Encyclopedia
Christopher Sacca is a venture investor, public speaker, private equity adviser, and former employee of Google
Inc. He is an investor in Twitter
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Chris graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of The Tax Lawyer law review and was honored as the school’s Philip A. Ryan and Ralph J. Gilbert Memorial Scholar. He also graduated cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
and was an Edmund Evans Memorial Scholar as well as a Weeks Family Foundation Scholar.
During his studies, Chris attended university at each of Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, University College Cork, in Cork, Ireland, and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain
Google
Chris served as Head of Special Initiatives at Google
Inc. At Google he led the alternative access and wireless divisions. His most publicly visible projects include Google’s 700MHz and TV white spaces spectrum initiatives, Google's data center in Oregon, and Google’s free citywide WiFi network in Mountain View, California. Chris also spearheaded many of Google’s business development and M&A transactions. He was on the founding team of the company’s New Business Development organization.
, Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG Foundation
, and The Tony Hawk Foundation.
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
Inc. He is an investor in Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
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Education
Beginning in 6th grade, Chris attended the State University of New York at Buffalo for six years of graduate-level mathematics classes.Chris graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of The Tax Lawyer law review and was honored as the school’s Philip A. Ryan and Ralph J. Gilbert Memorial Scholar. He also graduated cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
and was an Edmund Evans Memorial Scholar as well as a Weeks Family Foundation Scholar.
During his studies, Chris attended university at each of Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, University College Cork, in Cork, Ireland, and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
Inc. At Google he led the alternative access and wireless divisions. His most publicly visible projects include Google’s 700MHz and TV white spaces spectrum initiatives, Google's data center in Oregon, and Google’s free citywide WiFi network in Mountain View, California. Chris also spearheaded many of Google’s business development and M&A transactions. He was on the founding team of the company’s New Business Development organization.
Lowercase Capital
Chris manages a holding company, Lowercase Capital. The portfolio consists mainly of consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology startups .Philanthropy
Chris dedicates much of his time to helping the following causes: charity: waterCharity: water
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Founded in 2006, it has helped fund 3,962 projects in 19 countries, benefiting over 1,794,983 people...
, Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG Foundation
Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Lance Armstrong Foundation is a United States 501 nonprofit organization that provides support for people affected by cancer, founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong. The LAF states that its mission is 'to inspire and empower' cancer sufferers and their families...
, and The Tony Hawk Foundation.