TIGER 21 San Francisco

TIGER 21 San Francisco is part of the premier global peer membership organization for ultra-high-net-worth entrepreneurs, investors and executives. With success comes challenges and opportunities, and TIGER 21 Members, through deep, trusted relationships, rely on each other to take their lives to the next level.

Chairs

  • Pete Wilson - TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    Pete Wilson

    Pete Wilson

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    Pete Wilson is a TIGER 21 Chair in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as an investor and advisor. Mr. Wilson has led teams in capital markets and institutional investment management for more than 25 years; working with BARRA, Montgomery Asset Management, BGI and BlackRock. Mr. Wilson’s team at BGI was a pioneer in fixed income hedge fund and ETF management. After BGI, Mr. Wilson led BlackRock’s 55-person Global Strategy team and later helped start the platform technology firm, Incapture (Crux Informatics). Today, Mr. Wilson focuses on investing in and advising growth businesses. He earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Columbia University and his MBA from Haas at UC Berkeley. He is an active member of the community, serving on many non-profit boards and committees. He is on the Board of Directors for John Muir Health Systems as well as the investment committees of Futures Without Violence and Piedmont Council BSA (Chair).
  • Laird Cagan

    Laird Cagan

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco & Global

    Laird Cagan is the Chair of San Francisco 01. As founder of his investment firm, Cagan McAfee Capital Partners, Laird has been a private investor for 25 years in energy, clean-tech, fin-tech, high-tech and health care. Over $3 billion has been invested in those companies, of which more than 10 have gone public. Earlier in his career, Laird worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Drexel Burnham Lambert. Laird is a past Chairman of YPO and WPO chapters in San Francisco. Laird is an avid athlete and played varsity soccer while at Stanford. He is also a former member of the Stanford University Athletic Board. Laird attended MIT, and earned his BS, MS and MBA degrees from Stanford University. He is also a graduate of the UCLA Board of Directors’ program. Finally, Laird is a founder, together with his wife, of Stand4Lyme, an organization focused on research to find a cure for Lyme disease.
  • David Traversi

    David Traversi

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    David Traversi is the Founding Chair of TIGER 21’s San Francisco Group 04 and the National Managing Director, M&A Advisory Services, of Newport LLC, a national advisory firm helping CEOs and business owners grow, de-risk, and realize their company’s value. As a former lawyer, serial entrepreneur, Wall Street investment banker, CEO of several private and public companies, board member of over a dozen companies, author of a book on leadership, and coach and mentor to scores of entrepreneurs and executives, David brings a diverse and highly valuable set of skills and qualities, and a decidedly relational approach, to his role as TIGER 21 Chair. With an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and a JD from UC Davis, David enjoys the guitar, abstract painting, sailing, travel, and cycling.
  • Johannon "Joh" Olson

    Johannon "Joh" Olson

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    Joh Olson is the Chair of San Francisco 05. After nearly twenty years of leadership in academic healthcare systems (UCLA, UC Davis, Stanford), he transitioned to grow the portfolio of successful businesses he and his wife own, from e-commerce and hospitality to residential and commercial real estate. Joh is a purpose-driven entrepreneur and value creator with a track record of working with proven leaders to optimize exceptional teams for success. Starting successful businesses, developing leaders, and building trusting and highly reliable teams are his "dream jobs". Joh is passionate about communication, building trust, enhancing calm, and "decomplexifying" situations. He is a lifelong student of business systems, servant leadership, and personal development.
  • Pete Wilson - TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    Pete Wilson

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    Pete Wilson

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    Pete Wilson is a TIGER 21 Chair in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as an investor and advisor. Mr. Wilson has led teams in capital markets and institutional investment management for more than 25 years; working with BARRA, Montgomery Asset Management, BGI and BlackRock. Mr. Wilson’s team at BGI was a pioneer in fixed income hedge fund and ETF management. After BGI, Mr. Wilson led BlackRock’s 55-person Global Strategy team and later helped start the platform technology firm, Incapture (Crux Informatics). Today, Mr. Wilson focuses on investing in and advising growth businesses. He earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from Columbia University and his MBA from Haas at UC Berkeley. He is an active member of the community, serving on many non-profit boards and committees. He is on the Board of Directors for John Muir Health Systems as well as the investment committees of Futures Without Violence and Piedmont Council BSA (Chair).

    Laird Cagan

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco & Global

    Laird Cagan

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco & Global

    Laird Cagan is the Chair of San Francisco 01. As founder of his investment firm, Cagan McAfee Capital Partners, Laird has been a private investor for 25 years in energy, clean-tech, fin-tech, high-tech and health care. Over $3 billion has been invested in those companies, of which more than 10 have gone public. Earlier in his career, Laird worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Drexel Burnham Lambert. Laird is a past Chairman of YPO and WPO chapters in San Francisco. Laird is an avid athlete and played varsity soccer while at Stanford. He is also a former member of the Stanford University Athletic Board. Laird attended MIT, and earned his BS, MS and MBA degrees from Stanford University. He is also a graduate of the UCLA Board of Directors’ program. Finally, Laird is a founder, together with his wife, of Stand4Lyme, an organization focused on research to find a cure for Lyme disease.

    David Traversi

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    David Traversi

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    David Traversi is the Founding Chair of TIGER 21’s San Francisco Group 04 and the National Managing Director, M&A Advisory Services, of Newport LLC, a national advisory firm helping CEOs and business owners grow, de-risk, and realize their company’s value. As a former lawyer, serial entrepreneur, Wall Street investment banker, CEO of several private and public companies, board member of over a dozen companies, author of a book on leadership, and coach and mentor to scores of entrepreneurs and executives, David brings a diverse and highly valuable set of skills and qualities, and a decidedly relational approach, to his role as TIGER 21 Chair. With an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and a JD from UC Davis, David enjoys the guitar, abstract painting, sailing, travel, and cycling.

    Johannon "Joh" Olson

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    Johannon "Joh" Olson

    TIGER 21 Chair, San Francisco

    Joh Olson is the Chair of San Francisco 05. After nearly twenty years of leadership in academic healthcare systems (UCLA, UC Davis, Stanford), he transitioned to grow the portfolio of successful businesses he and his wife own, from e-commerce and hospitality to residential and commercial real estate. Joh is a purpose-driven entrepreneur and value creator with a track record of working with proven leaders to optimize exceptional teams for success. Starting successful businesses, developing leaders, and building trusting and highly reliable teams are his "dream jobs". Joh is passionate about communication, building trust, enhancing calm, and "decomplexifying" situations. He is a lifelong student of business systems, servant leadership, and personal development.

TIGER 21 offers Members a confidential place to discuss, learn, and network as you navigate these issues of wealth and success through:

Candid Monthly Group Meetings

with up to 15 peers who become your trusted confidantes

Cutting-Edge Thought Leadership

through virtual and in-person conferences and events

Access to an Unparalleled Network

of wealth creators worldwide with deep collective intelligence

I never thought I’d find a group aligned with my core vision of trying to evolve, grow, preserve wealth, be a great human being, and raise great kids. TIGER 21 changed my life. It changed me as a person, and it changed the future of what it means to be a Dyrdek.

Rob Dyrdek

When you’re blessed and you’re growing your world, it’s very difficult to talk to people about how much you have and what plans you have. But TIGER 21 offers a platform where you can openly share with people who are in the same position.

Sanjay Singhania

When you have a lot of success, it’s a great thing, but it’s also a little isolating. Now I’m in a community of people that are faced with the same things I’m faced with.

Doug McKeige

Explore the Issues
That Keep Wealth
Creators Up At Night

TIGER 21 is an exclusive global community of ultra-high- net-worth entrepreneurs, investors, and executives. Fill out an inquiry form, and a member of our team will be in touch.