TIGER 21 Virtual Groups

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  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.
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  Rob Fleischman

  Rob Fleischman

  TIGER 21 Chair, Boston & Global

  Rob Fleischman is the Chair of Boston 01 and Global 01. Rob was the first member of Boston TIGER 21 and because of his love of the experience, transitioned to becoming a Chair. He approaches chairing as a peer and embraces members as trusted friends and advisors. After graduating from MIT, Rob began his career at BBN Labs, where the Internet was invented, in fact, Rob’s first mentor was Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of e-mail. Rob founded multiple start-ups, holds many patents, and invented and helped build technologies that currently process trillions of transactions daily on the Internet. For many years, for fun, Rob could be heard on the radio as a guest and contributor to NPR in New England as the “explainer of all things wired”. Finally, and most importantly, Rob is a dedicated husband and father (2 daughters) and works hard to maintain an active life in New Hampshire.
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  Steve Freedman

  Steve Freedman

  TIGER 21 Chair, Global

  Steve Freedman is Chair of Global 04 and 05. Steve recently made the transition to a Chair role with TIGER 21 after 10 years of Membership where he has made a significant impact in the community. His career began in accounting, having earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from Emory University and worked in the audit department at KPMG where he was a licensed CPA in the state of Georgia. In 1994, he founded Getmembers.com which became one of the leading direct marketing agencies in the United States. Steve is a highly accomplished entrepreneur and investor with a wealth of experience in direct marketing and alternative investments. Currently, Steve is the CEO of Beach Ball Capital, LLC, which focuses on short and long-term alternative investments including real estate and private equity. Steve lives in Sandy Springs, GA, with his wife, Lisa, and their two daughters, Alexa and Julia. The Freedman family enjoys supporting many causes locally and globally through community service and philanthropy.
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  Kanu Gupta

  Kanu Gupta

  TIGER 21 Chair, Singapore & Virtual

  Kanu A. Gupta is the founder and managing partner of Beyond, a Singapore headquartered strategic advisory and investment firm for high growth businesses targeting South East Asia. Kanu is also co-founder and general partner of M12 Capital, an India focused hedge fund. Previous to Beyond, Kanu spent 10 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co and was on the founding team to launch Goldman in India. Kanu went on to serve as the Executive Director for Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), a $7 billion multi-strategy hedge fund. Kanu is an epicure and the founder of Savor, a gourmet food experiences company that has done over 1,000 dinners and is the founding chef at The Secret Supper Project, a supper club where people come to dinner without knowing what is on the menu, where it is and who it is with. His interests include travel, food, all things Japanese, yoga, padel, cycling and heritage architecture. He regularly guest lectures at National University of Singapore and Kanu is also the chair for TIGER 21 in Singapore. He completed his MBA from INSEAD and his bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California. He currently resides in Singapore with his wife Aparna, their son, Elan and rambunctious beagle, Maximus.
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  Brian Pohl

  Brian Pohl

  TIGER 21 Chair, London & Global

  Brian Pohl is Chair of London 01 and Global 03. He is a hands-on leader in business, with a specialized focus on the business of wine and is working towards a Master of Wine. As a principal investor he has successfully re-structured a variety of underperforming or distressed companies, ranging from media to manufacturing, and was CEO of a listed venture capital fund. He is active in YPO WPO, serving in leadership positions in YPO’s Deal Network, chairing networks, events and multi-day retreats in Russia, Switzerland, Canada, the EU and the UK. Pohl was raised in Alberta, Canada and studied at the University of Alberta (B.Sc. 1988, MBA 1990) and later at London Business School in the UK (M.Sc. Finance 1999). He gives back by serving on the schools’ Advisory Council and International Alumni Board. Pohl lives in Cambridge (UK), where he enjoys rowing and is a keen swimmer, having swam from Asia to Europe across the Bosphorus, twice.
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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.

Rob Fleischman
TIGER 21 Chair, Boston & Global
Rob Fleischman
TIGER 21 Chair, Boston & Global
Rob Fleischman is the Chair of Boston 01 and Global 01. Rob was the first member of Boston TIGER 21 and because of his love of the experience, transitioned to becoming a Chair. He approaches chairing as a peer and embraces members as trusted friends and advisors. After graduating from MIT, Rob began his career at BBN Labs, where the Internet was invented, in fact, Rob’s first mentor was Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of e-mail. Rob founded multiple start-ups, holds many patents, and invented and helped build technologies that currently process trillions of transactions daily on the Internet. For many years, for fun, Rob could be heard on the radio as a guest and contributor to NPR in New England as the “explainer of all things wired”. Finally, and most importantly, Rob is a dedicated husband and father (2 daughters) and works hard to maintain an active life in New Hampshire.

Steve Freedman
TIGER 21 Chair, Global
Steve Freedman
TIGER 21 Chair, Global
Steve Freedman is Chair of Global 04 and 05. Steve recently made the transition to a Chair role with TIGER 21 after 10 years of Membership where he has made a significant impact in the community. His career began in accounting, having earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from Emory University and worked in the audit department at KPMG where he was a licensed CPA in the state of Georgia. In 1994, he founded Getmembers.com which became one of the leading direct marketing agencies in the United States. Steve is a highly accomplished entrepreneur and investor with a wealth of experience in direct marketing and alternative investments. Currently, Steve is the CEO of Beach Ball Capital, LLC, which focuses on short and long-term alternative investments including real estate and private equity. Steve lives in Sandy Springs, GA, with his wife, Lisa, and their two daughters, Alexa and Julia. The Freedman family enjoys supporting many causes locally and globally through community service and philanthropy.

Kanu Gupta
TIGER 21 Chair, Singapore & Virtual
Kanu Gupta
TIGER 21 Chair, Singapore & Virtual
Kanu A. Gupta is the founder and managing partner of Beyond, a Singapore headquartered strategic advisory and investment firm for high growth businesses targeting South East Asia. Kanu is also co-founder and general partner of M12 Capital, an India focused hedge fund. Previous to Beyond, Kanu spent 10 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co and was on the founding team to launch Goldman in India. Kanu went on to serve as the Executive Director for Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP), a $7 billion multi-strategy hedge fund. Kanu is an epicure and the founder of Savor, a gourmet food experiences company that has done over 1,000 dinners and is the founding chef at The Secret Supper Project, a supper club where people come to dinner without knowing what is on the menu, where it is and who it is with. His interests include travel, food, all things Japanese, yoga, padel, cycling and heritage architecture. He regularly guest lectures at National University of Singapore and Kanu is also the chair for TIGER 21 in Singapore. He completed his MBA from INSEAD and his bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California. He currently resides in Singapore with his wife Aparna, their son, Elan and rambunctious beagle, Maximus.

Brian Pohl
TIGER 21 Chair, London & Global
Brian Pohl
TIGER 21 Chair, London & Global
Brian Pohl is Chair of London 01 and Global 03. He is a hands-on leader in business, with a specialized focus on the business of wine and is working towards a Master of Wine. As a principal investor he has successfully re-structured a variety of underperforming or distressed companies, ranging from media to manufacturing, and was CEO of a listed venture capital fund. He is active in YPO WPO, serving in leadership positions in YPO’s Deal Network, chairing networks, events and multi-day retreats in Russia, Switzerland, Canada, the EU and the UK. Pohl was raised in Alberta, Canada and studied at the University of Alberta (B.Sc. 1988, MBA 1990) and later at London Business School in the UK (M.Sc. Finance 1999). He gives back by serving on the schools’ Advisory Council and International Alumni Board. Pohl lives in Cambridge (UK), where he enjoys rowing and is a keen swimmer, having swam from Asia to Europe across the Bosphorus, twice.
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