David Marquardt
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| Born | February 1, 1949 Montclair, NJ |
| Occupation | Private Equity Investor |
| Known for | co-founder of August Capital, |
| Board member of | Microsoft, Seagate, ATC-Onlane, and Six Apart, IAS in Princeton |
| Spouse(s) | Lori Marquardt |
| Children | Adam (b. March 19, 1995) Hope (b. January 20, 1990) Deke (b. September 30, 1992) |
David F. Marquardt (born February 1, 1949) is a co-founder of venture capital firm August Capital. Marquardt has served on more than 25 boards of directors during his 20 year venture capital career including Microsoft,[1] Sun Microsystems, Seagate, Adaptec, and Grand Junction Networks (acquired by Cisco).[2]
Prior to August Capital, Marquardt was a co-founder of Technology Venture Investors (TVI) in 1980 where he was involved in four highly successful funds that invested in more than 100 start-up and emerging growth companies. Among these early investments was Microsoft, where TVI was the sole investor and where Dave has been on the board of directors since 1981.[2][3][4]
Marquardt began his venture career at Institutional Venture Associates, where he spent a year after graduating from business school. Previously, Marquardt was a design engineer and development manager at Diablo Systems (acquired by Xerox) where he collaborated on and/or led various disk drive and printer programs.[2]
Marquardt received a BSME from Columbia University in 1973 and an MBA from Stanford University in 1979. He also completed coursework for an MSEE at Stanford University. He has served as president of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and is a past director of the National Venture Capital Association.[2]
Marquardt currently sits on the boards of Microsoft, Seagate, Xirrus, Openlane, Six Apart and Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He was ranked number 9 on the Forbes 2006 Midas List.[5]
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