Thomas F. Stephenson
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office
November 21, 2007 – June 21, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byAl Hoffman, Jr.
Succeeded byAllan J. Katz
Personal details
Born
Thomas Fleetwood Stephenson

1942 (age 81–82)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseBarbara[1]
Children3[2]
ResidenceAtherton, California[3]
EducationHarvard University (BA, MBA)
Boston College (JD)

Thomas Fleetwood Stephenson[4] (born 1942)[5] is an American businessman and a former Ambassador to Portugal.

Career

Stephenson was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Harvard College with a degree in economics.[2] He received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a JD from Boston College Law School.[2] He worked at Fidelity Management Company, where he served as president of a venture capital operation, Fidelity Ventures.[2] In 1987, he left Fidelity to join Sequoia Capital.[2]

Stephenson has also served as a director of BigTray, LandaCorp, BenefitPoint, Chapters Online, Chipsoft.com, Sequana Therapeutics, Adesso Healthcare Technology Services, and SteriGenics International.[6]

Other activities

Stephenson is a major California Republican donor.[7] He was major donor to the inauguration committee of George W. Bush.[3] In 2001, Stephenson led an effort to attract Silicon Valley executives to the Republican Party.[8] Stephenson serves as a top fundraiser for the 2016 presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush.[9]

He returned to Sequoia Capital as a general partner after resigning as Ambassador.[10] He formerly served as finance chairman of the California Republican Party.[10]

He has held various leadership positions within the Republican National Committee as well as Republican campaign teams.[1] He serves on the board of advisors of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research[11] and formerly served on the board of overseers of the Hoover Institution.[1] He has been active in many organizations which included Conservation International, the Council of American Ambassadors, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Lincoln Club of Northern California, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[1][10] He also served on the Precourt Institute Energy Advisory Council at Stanford and on the MIT Energy Initiative External Advisory Board.[12][13] He formerly served on many boards and committees that were part of the Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston.[1][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Thomas Stephenson
  2. ^ a b c d e "Thomas F. Stephenson". US Department of State Archive. United States State Department. 7 December 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b Dwyer, Timothy (9 January 2005). "Donations Hit $18 Million for 3-Day Fete". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  4. ^ Boston College bulletin. 1970/1971:The Law School
  5. ^ Thomas F. Stephenson (1942–)
  6. ^ "Thomas F. Stephenson J.D." Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  7. ^ Ayres, B. Drummond Jr. (13 March 2001). "California G.O.P. Courts Superhero". New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  8. ^ Robert, Timothy (4 March 2001). "Valley execs urge GOP moderation". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  9. ^ Reinhard, Beth; Stewart, Christopher (28 July 2015). "Jeb Bush Drawing Big Bucks From GOP Establishment". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d THOMAS F. STEPHENSON - Guest Speaker
  11. ^ Advisory Board
  12. ^ Precourt Institute Energy Advisory Council
  13. ^ EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Diplomatic posts Preceded byAl Hoffman, Jr. United States Ambassador to Portugal 2007–2009 Succeeded byAllan J. Katz
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