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Surbhi Sarna
’07
Founder and CEO, nVision Medical (acquired by Boston Scientific)
Shawn Tsao
’11
Co-Founder, Caviar (acquired by Square)
Pledge fulfilled in 2019
Kevin Chou
’02
Chairman, Forte Labs and Gen.G esports; Co-Founder, Kabam
Pledge fulfilled in 2015
Emily Walling
M.B.A. ’08
Head of Marketing, Portfolia
Saswat Mishra
E.M.B.A. ’19
Founder and CEO, California Memory Technologies Inc
David Pastewka
’12
CEO, Drapr; Co-Founder, Twindom
John McMahon
M.S. ’72, M.B.A. ’73
Chief Marketing Officer, Allium Vitalis
Benjamin Chang
’88
Glint, Head of Information Security & Compliance
Jason Bellet
’14
Co-Founder, Eko
Bogdan Cristei
Founder, Optim Capital
Peter Wysinski
’14
Co-Founder, AxleHire; Co-Founder & CEO, kSense
Kevin Ubilla
’16
Founder, Omni Astrobiotics
Yao-Chieh “Jeff” Hu
Co-Founder and CEO, Turing Chain
Matthew Sinks
’15
Program China, UnBank Ventures
Raluca Ada Popa
Co-Founder, PreVeil; Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley
Joyce Arellano-Bravo
’98
Co-Founder, WeSolve
Dinesh Kumar
M.B.A. ’17
COO, Promaxo
Dave Alpert
’78, M.Arch. ’86
CEO and Co-Founder, Geopogo
Polina Lishko
Co-founder, YourChoice Therapeutics; Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
Jason Wang
’09
Co-Founder, Caviar (acquired by Square); Venture Partner, Beluga Capital
Laurie Peterson
M.B.A. ’11
Founder, Build & Imagine (acquired); Founder and CEO, Inkbrite
Roya Maboudian
P ’20
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley
Dhawal Mujumdar
M.I.M.S. ’11
Co-Founder, Polymorph (acquired by Walmart)
Charles Huang
’93
Co-Founder, RedOctane (acquired by Activision); Co-Founder, Indigo 7
Pledge fulfilled in 2014
Juan Pablo Ferrer
’01
Co-founder, Mevoked (acquired by WellBrain)
Richard Din
’08
Co-Founder, Caviar (acquired by Square)
Pledge fulfilled in 2019
James Brear
’89
President & CEO, Veriflow (acquired by VMware)
Kenichi Soga
Ph.D. ’94
Professor, Geomechanics, UC Berkeley
Kevin Blake
M.B.A. ’17
Founder and Managing Partner, Sierra Verde Capital
Paul Yeh
’01
Partner, Conductive Ventures
Ming Wu
M.S. ’86, Ph.D. ’88
Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UC Berkeley
Weijie “Claire” Li
’14
Senior Software Engineer, Pinterest
Nelson Hyde Chick
’94
Founder and Chief Adrenaline Officer, Foil Flyer
Prayag Narula
M.I.M.S. ’12
Founder and President, LeadGenius Inc
Ting Xu
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering and Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Jeremy Hammer
’19
Founder, BearX
Markita Landry
Assistant Professor, College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Rishi Chopra
’02
Software Engineer, IBM
Anita Balaraman
M.P.H. ’98, M.B.A. ’08
Founder, Epixego; Adjunct Faculty, UC Berkeley
Zahid Hussain
Division Deputy, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Niket Desai
’09
Founder PADCo; Co-Founder, Punchd (acquired by Google)
Richard “Leke” Raji
M.Eng. ’19
Founder, Mistove
Randy Katz
M.S. ’78, Ph.D. ’80
Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley
Bradford Crist
M.B.A. ’19
Product Manager, Volta Charging
Christian Keil
M.B.A. ’19
Founder and CEO, d.rect; Co-Founder, The Tuesday Company
Luc Ibata
Founder & CEO, WeSolve World Inc.
Kenny To
’08
Founding Engineer, Rubrik Inc
Josh Appleman
M.I.M.S. ’16
Founder, Tellaport
Lee Fleming
Faculty Director, Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, UC Berkeley
Jeffery Alvarez
M.B.A. ’14
Vice President, Product & Operations, Potrero Medical; Co-Founder, Naya Health
Arash Komeili
Professor of Plant & Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
Deepak Gupta
Managing Partner, Blue Bears Ventures
Bastien Beauchamp
Co-Founder and CEO, !important safety