Who is Brad Gerstner?

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Short answer: Brad Gerstner (born May 4, 1971) is an American investor,[1] entrepreneur,[2] philanthropist,[3] and public speaker best known as the founder of Altimeter Capital.[4] Brad is popularly known as the "online travel king" and has made many travel-related investments.[5] He has worked in the technology industry for over 25 years as a lawyer, investor, and four-time founder.[6][7]

Early life and education[edit]

Brad was born in Indiana to Thomas Gerstner and Martha Burt. He attended Wabash College, where he was a Lilly Scholar and earned his Bachelor’s in Economics and Political Science. While there, Brad also studied politics, philosophy, and economics overseas at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 1992.

Brad was a Jump scholar at Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law from 1993 to 1996. After earning his JD, he had a brief legal career and a job in public service. Thereafter, Brad earned his MBA from Harvard in 2000.[8]

Career[edit]

Brad began his entrepreneurial journey in 1986, even before going to college.[9] His first startup was Wawasee Boat Care, where he worked as a boat washer at Lake Wawasee, which didn’t earn him big bucks but taught him important lessons in business.[10] It was in the middle of his law school and Harvard, that Brad worked as an associate lawyer for a firm in Indianapolis.[11] Thereafter, he served as the Deputy Secretary of the State of Indiana from 1998 to 1999.[12]

Straight out of Harvard, Gerstner served as the Co-CEO of the National Leisure Group, which was later sold to IAC in 2001.[13] He then co-founded Openlist.com, which was sold to Marchex in 2006.[14] In 2008, Brad founded Altimeter Capital,[15] a technology investment firm that has $18 billion in assets under management as of April 2022. In 2010, Brad founded Room 77, a travel arrangement firm, and later sold its technology to Google after running it successfully for four years.[16][17]

Brad is also the founder of The Board Challenge, a movement that aims to accelerate the rate of diversity on corporate boards.[18][19]

Investments[edit]

Brad is known for his internet-related travel investments, including Booking.com, Uber, Airbnb, and Expedia.[20] His past investments include Airbyte, Discord, Benchling, Cerebras, Chainalysis, Checkout, OpenSea, Hopin, and Plaid, among others.[21] Brad also led a Series C investment into Snowflake, which went public in 2020.[22] So far, he has participated in 100 IPOs as an anchor, sponsor, or investor.[23]

Philanthropy[edit]

Brad’s family foundation, Give Forward, supports low-income schools in East Palo Alto as well as poverty relief measures in the Bay Area.[24][25]

Personal life[edit]

Brad married Michelle Boyers on September 29, 2007, whom he met at Harvard while pursuing his MBA.[26] The couple is blessed with two kids, Lincoln (12) and Jack (10).[27]

In the media[edit]

  • "Investing with Altimeter Capital's Brad Gerstner". youtube. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  • "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner on taking Grab public in largest SPAC ever, fixing broken IPOs | E1203". youtube. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Public and Private Investing". joincolossus.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Brad Gerstner". Forbes. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Published, Caroline John- (12 March 2021). "Brad Gerstner Wiki: Wife, Family, Net Worth and Other Facts". Earn The Necklace. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner) | Acquired Podcast". www.acquired.fm. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Brad Gerstner | Biography". biographyhost. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Brad Gerstner: "If something's not a fast yes, then it's a quick no." - Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing with Bob Pittman". iHeart. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner Buys Tesla Stock, Says The Elon Musk-Led Company Is Following Apple's Playbook". eresearch.fidelity.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Brad Gerstner". The Sohn Conference Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner Buys Tesla Stock, Says The Elon Musk-Led Company Is Following Apple's Playbook". MSN. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Newsdesk, Benzinga. "Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner Says Uber's Time Has Finally Arrived - CNBC - Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER)". Benzinga. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Current Brad Gerstner Portfolio: Altimeter Capital - New Trader U". www.newtraderu.com. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ↑ Li, Yun. "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner says this stock can grow three times in three years". CNBC. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Brad Gerstner - Founder @ Altimeter Capital". www.finnotes.org. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner on taking Grab public in the largest SPAC ever, fixing broken IPOs | E1203". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Brad Gerstner - Chairman, CEO and President at Altimeter Capital". THE ORG. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  16. ↑ Li, Yun. "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner says this stock can grow three times in three years". CNBC. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Why Altimeter's Brad Gerstner Just Bet Big on TSLA Stock". Webull. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  18. ↑ Ramer, Larry (16 September 2022). "Why Altimeter's Brad Gerstner Just Bet Big on TSLA Stock". InvestorPlace. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Brad Gerstner, Founder & CEO, Altimeter Capital". www.topionetworks.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner sold United Airlines, Expedia stakes, says easy money has been made". Market Trading Essentials. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "Facts About The CEO OF Altimeter Capital Brad Gerstner". Famous Zoom. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  22. ↑ "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner is buying Snowflake, Roblox; backs Grab for long haul | Seeking Alpha". seekingalpha.com. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  23. ↑ "Why Altimeter's Brad Gerstner Just Bet Big on TSLA Stock". IQ Stock Market. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  24. ↑ Li, Yun. "Altimeter Capital's Brad Gerstner reveals a new stake in Tesla". CNBC. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  25. ↑ "Altimeter's Brad Gerstner builds a new stake in Tesla". www.newscon.net. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  26. ↑ "The risk has shifted to the Fed over-tightening, says Altimeter Capital's Gerstner". MSN. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  27. ↑ "Tesla stock gains amid pitch from tech hedge fund investor Brad Gerstner (NASDAQ:TSLA) | Seeking Alpha". seekingalpha.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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