| 词条 | Ron Conway |
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| name = Ron Conway | image = Ron Conway 1.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Ronald Crawford Conway | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1951|3|9}} | birth_place =San Francisco, California, U.S. | | death_place = | alma mater = San Jose State University | occupation = Angel investor | spouse = Gayle Conway | residence = San Francisco | children = }}Ronald Crawford Conway (born March 9, 1951) is an American angel investor and philanthropist, often described as one of Silicon Valley's "super angels".[1] Conway is recognized as a strong networker.[2] Early careerConway graduated from San Jose State University[3] with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. Conway knew little about technology on his first entry to the business, but became one of the most influential tech investors in American history.[4] Conway worked with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions from 1973 to 1979, and at Altos Computer Systems as President and CEO from 1988 to 1990.[5] He was the CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) from 1991 to 1995. PTS was acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft.[6] InvestingAs founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds, he was an early stage investor in Google, Ask Jeeves and PayPal. He began investing independently in 2005, and by 2006 had achieved sixth place in the Forbes magazine Midas list of top "dealmakers". Dot Com eraConway's first fund, Angel Investors I, raised and invested in 1998, generated a 700% return, and his second, raised and invested during 1999, saw a 150% return. Conway invests with SV Angel, his investment firm.[7] List of investmentsAmong Conway's 650[8] or more investments are: {{colbegin|colwidth=10em}}
PhilanthropyCivic and Public HealthConway is active in community and philanthropic activities, serving as Vice Chairman of UCSF Medical Foundation in San Francisco and also as co-chair of the "Fight for Mike" Homer and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. He is on the development committees of UCLA, St. Francis High School, Sacred Heart Schools, The UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, Packard Children's Hospital, Legacy Ventures, and Ronald McDonald House at Stanford. He serves on the Benefit Committee of the Tiger Woods Foundation.[17] Gun ViolenceConway is on the advisory board of Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit organization founded by the parents of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Conway donated $1 million to fund the Firearms Challenge of the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation, a nonprofit organization he founded with the mission to promote firearms safety through technology and innovation. PoliticsConway has been highly critical of President Donald Trump, especially on the issues of gun control and immigration. He is reportedly spending more than $1 million and raising millions more to support efforts to win Democratic control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. Recode recently named him one of ten major Silicon Valley donors and fundraisers for the 2018 November midterm elections [18] Conway was the single largest campaign contributor to Edwin M. Lee in his successful campaign for Mayor of San Francisco in November 2011; Conway raised $600,000 for Lee through independent expenditure committees. Since then questions have been raised about whether Lee has taken actions to benefit companies in which Conway has investments.[19] Conway was also an early supporter of Mayor London Breed, though in 2018 his focus remained on national issues over local San Francisco elections. [20] In 2014 Conway, along with fellow Airbnb investor Reid Hoffman, donated a total of $685,000[21] to David Chiu in support of Chiu's tightly fought Assembly campaign against current San Francisco supervisor and 2015 Prop F supporter David Campos.[22] In April 2013, a lobbying group called FWD.us (aimed at lobbying for immigration reform and improvements to education) was launched, with Ron Conway listed as one of the supporters.[23] In 2012 Conway founded the San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation, or sf.citi, a 501(c) organization that advocates for the technology community and is involved in a number of public initiatives, and private/public partnerships involving tech companies partnering with public agencies such as the San Francisco Health Department., the Office of Emergency Management, the police dept., and the school district.[24] References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2007/tc20070402_747117.htm|publisher=Business Week|title=VCs Aim to Out-Angel the Angels|first=Aaron|last=Ricadela|date=April 2, 2007}} 2. ^{{cite news | first = Patrick | last = Hodge | title = Ron Conway raising $10M to invest | date = February 26, 2010 | publisher = American City Business Journals | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/02/22/daily84.html | work = San Francisco Business Times | accessdate = September 30, 2011 | quote = Conway is a former computer company chief executive and uber-Silicon Valley networker...}} 3. ^Ron Conway stays invested 4. ^Gary Rivlin on the 'Godfather of Silicon Valley' 5. ^{{cite web |title=Ron Conway is a Silicon Valley startup's best friend|url=http://fortune.com/2012/02/10/ron-conway-is-a-silicon-valley-startups-best-friend/|author=Miguel Helft|work=CNNMoney |location= |date=February 10, 2012|accessdate=July 15, 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|last=Belsener|first=Elin|title=San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee And Ron Conway Are Ready To Rock Out At Disrupt SF|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/13/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-and-ron-conway-are-ready-to-rock-out-at-disrupt-sf/|publisher=TechCrunch}} 7. ^SV Angel on CrunchBases 8. ^{{cite web|title=Ron Conway Stanford Startup School 2012 Part 1 of 3|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD71IdkIZDg&t=58s}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Crunchbase|url=http://www.crunchbase.com/company/140-proof|work=crunchbase.com/company/140-proof|accessdate=January 31, 2013}} 10. ^[https://venturebeat.com/2006/12/18/attributor-scans-web-for-copyright-violations/ Attributor scans web for copyright violations] 11. ^[https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/14/blippy-funding/ Blippy Shows Its Own Funding On Blippy. And Now Everyone Can See.] 12. ^Ron Conway Investments 13. ^[https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/10/18/ron-conways-big-deals-how-he-found-google-and-facebook/] Ron Conway's Big Deals: How He Found Google and Facebook 14. ^[https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/10/18/ron-conways-big-deals-how-he-found-google-and-facebook/] Ron Conway's Big Deals: How He Found Google and Facebook 15. ^{{cite web|author=Alyson Shontell |url=http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-23/tech/31227995_1_ron-conway-executive-network |title=Ron Conway Saved OMGPOP's Life Over And Over Again - Business Insider |publisher=Articles.businessinsider.com |date=March 23, 2012 |accessdate=July 8, 2013}} 16. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/fundraising-for-reddit.html |title=Fundraising for Reddit |date=September 30, 2014}} 17. ^O'Reilly Conferences on Ron Conway 18. ^ {{cite news|url=https://www.recode.net/2018/8/20/17693048/silicon-valley-tech-donors-midterms-2018-democrats-donald-trump-list|title=Ten big Silicon Valley money players behind this November’s U.S. midterm elections|last=Schleifer|first=Theodore|date=August 20, 2018|accessdate=March 11, 2019}} 19. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/us/as-mayor-edwin-m-lee-cultivates-business-treatment-of-backer-is-questioned.html?_r=0|title=As Mayor Cultivates New Business, Treatment of Backer Is Questioned|last=Smith|first=Matt|date=March 31, 2012|work=The New York Times / Bay Citizen|accessdate=June 24, 2013}} 20. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Ron-Conway-says-he-s-too-busy-to-get-involved-12725887.php|title=Ron Conway says he’s too busy to get involved in SF’s mayor race|date=March 4, 2018|work= San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=March 11, 2019}} 21. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/07/27/pro-airbnb-campaign-racks-up-political-endorsements|title= Pro-Airbnb Campaign Racks Up Political Endorsements|publisher=SF Weekly|date=July 27, 2015}} 22. ^{{cite news|url=http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/06/how-san-franciscos-prop-f-would-change-airbnb-rentals|publisher=KQED|date=Oct 6, 2015|title= 2015 Prop F San Francisco}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://fwd.us/our_supporters|title = Our supporters|publisher = FWD.us|accessdate = April 17, 2013}} 24. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/justicemobile-app-development-process-calls-into-question-sfciti-involvement/Content?oid=2678645|title= JusticeMobile app development process calls into question sf.citi involvement|date=Jan 16, 2014|publisher= San Francisco Examiner}} External links{{Commons category|Ron Conway}}
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