Network origin in Dan Smith first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
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MIT Sloan School of Management
61
| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 61 |
Emory University
7
| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 7 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Dan Smith via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | Aerospace & Defense | Director/Board Member | |
Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP
 Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Wellington Management Co. LLP
 Wellington Management Co. LLP Investment ManagersFinance Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors. | Investment Managers | Analyst-Equity Analyst-Equity | |
Foundation Capital LLC
 Foundation Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
Citadel Advisors LLC
 Citadel Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors. | Investment Managers | Analyst-Equity | |
Imperial Capital LLC
 Imperial Capital LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1997, Imperial Capital LLC is a full-service investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm is a subsidiary of Imperial Capital Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Imperial Capital Group Holdings LLC. Imperial Capital offers a range of proprietary products and services to institutional investors, middle-market companies and private equity firms. The firm provides institutional clients research and sales and trading of high yield and distressed debt securities, bank debt, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, and equities. They also provide middle-market companies and financial sponsors with capital markets, M&A, capital structure, restructuring and recapitalization advisory services. For their institutional clients, Imperial Capital offers a variety of research products including bank debt, investment grade debt, high yield, distressed and special situations, convertibles and busted convertibles, equities, preferred securities and industry analysis. Imperial Capital's research focuses on the following sectors: aerospace, defense and government services; airlines/transportation; business services; clean energy; consumer; energy; financial services; gaming and leisure; general industrials; healthcare; homebuilding and real estate; media and telecommunications; security and homeland security; and technology. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Analyst-Fixed Income Analyst-Equity | |
DeepField Networks, Inc.
 DeepField Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DeepField Networks, Inc. provides cloud based analysis and services. Its products include defender, cloud intelligence and service assurance. The firm also offers software development services. The company was founded by Craig Labovitz and Joseph Eggleston in 2011 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. | Packaged Software | Private Equity Investor | |
Misfit Wearables Corp.
 Misfit Wearables Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Misfit Wearables Corp. manufactures and invents wearable computing products. Its product shine, an elegant personal activity tracker that you can instantly sync with customers smart phone by placing the device on the screen. The firm offers products and services in the consumer health and fitness space to develop healthy habits. The company was founded by Sridhar G. Iyengar, Sonny X. Vu and John Sculley III in 2011 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA. | Semiconductors | Corporate Officer/Principal Director of Finance/CFO | |
| Brown University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Duke University
 Duke University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Stanford University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| University of Oxford | College/University | Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| University of Rhode Island | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
Potomac Partners Management Consulting LLC
 Potomac Partners Management Consulting LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Luminant Worldwide Corp., Potomac Partners Management Consulting LLC provides e-commerce strategy consulting services. The company is based in Reston, VA. Potomac Partners Management Consulting was acquired by Luminant Worldwide Corp. on September 16, 1999 for $62.55 million. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Consultant / Advisor | |
| Amherst College | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | College/University | Graduate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| The College of William & Mary | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
| Yale University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
Vicarious Visions, Inc.
 Vicarious Visions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Vicarious Visions, Inc. develops software games. The company was founded on August 16, 1994 and is headquartered in Albany, NY. | Packaged Software | Founder Founder | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| University of California, Berkeley | College/University | Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| University of California San Diego | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
| Tsinghua University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
| Seoul National University | College/University | Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Beijing Century GSR Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd.
 Beijing Century GSR Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Beijing Century GSR Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd. (GSR Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Sonny Wu and Richard Lim. The firm is headquartered in Beijing, China. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
Cariden Technologies LLC
 Cariden Technologies LLC Electronics/Appliance StoresRetail Trade Cariden Technologies LLC develops and distributes planning and traffic engineering software. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Arash Afrakhteh. Cariden Technologies was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on December 17, 2012 for $141 million. | Electronics/Appliance Stores | Private Equity Investor | |
SOPHIA Learning LLC
 SOPHIA Learning LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services SOPHIA Learning LLC provides online social teaching and learning platform. The firm’s platform provides academic tutorials taught in various ways by teachers and subject experts for students to learn. The company was founded by Don Smithmier and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MA. | Internet Software/Services | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Invt Mgmt)
 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Invt Mgmt) Investment ManagersFinance Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPFS provide investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business. | Investment Managers | Analyst-Equity | |
Velan Ventures Inc
 Velan Ventures Inc Investment ManagersFinance Velan Ventures Inc (Velan Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Karthik Bala, and Guha Bala. The firm is headquartered in Troy, New York. | Investment Managers | Founder Chief Executive Officer Private Equity Investor | |
The Equity Alliance Advisors LLC
 The Equity Alliance Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance The Equity Alliance Advisors LLC (The Equity Alliance) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Richard D. Parsons, Ronald S. Lauder, Kenneth Lerer, Benjamin Lerer, Eric Hippeau, Eric Zinterhofer, Scott Kapnick and Michael Novogratz. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Investment Managers | Chief Executive Officer Consultant / Advisor Consultant / Advisor | |
OKM Capital Management LLC
 OKM Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance OKM Capital Management LLC (OKM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Donna Cordner, Katerina Fialkovskaya, Mindaugas Leika and Oleg Shchapov. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Investment Managers | Consultant / Advisor Consultant / Advisor | |
Velan Studios, Inc.
 Velan Studios, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Velan Studios, Inc. develops games. The company was founded by Guha Bala and Krthik Bala in 1991 and is headquartered in Troy, NY. | Packaged Software | Chief Executive Officer Founder | |
Imo Ventures
 Imo Ventures Investment ManagersFinance IMO Ventures (IMO Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
SEI Ventures
 SEI Ventures Investment ManagersFinance SEI Ventures (SEI Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Strategic Education Inc founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
| STRATEGIC EDUCATION, INC. | Other Consumer Services | President | |
Placer Labs, Inc.
 Placer Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Placer Labs, Inc. provides access to location insights derived from foot-traffic of millions of consumers, delivering visibility into offline behavior. Its products include analytics, free tools and application programming interface. The firm offers solutions for retailers, shopping centers, , finance, hospitality and brokerage firms. The company was founded by Jony Shlomoff, Noam Ben-Zvi, Zohar Bar-Yehuda, Oded Fossfeld and Ofir Lemel and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member | |
| Harvard Kennedy School of Government | College/University | Graduate Degree | |
Ningbo Siyinjia Investment Management Co. Ltd.
 Ningbo Siyinjia Investment Management Co. Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Ningbo Siyinjia Investment Management Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that operates financial consulting services online and provides professional financial advice. The company is based in Ningbo, China and was founded in 2013 by Jun Xu, Xuan Wang, Zhiqiang He. | Financial Conglomerates | Founder | |
| QIFU TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Finance/Rental/Leasing | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| Columbia Business School | College/University | Masters Business Admin |
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International
| United States | 38 |
| China | 6 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| South Korea | 2 |
Sectoral
| Consumer Services | 19 |
| Finance | 16 |
| Technology Services | 7 |
| Electronic Technology | 3 |
| Commercial Services | 3 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 90 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 60 |
| Private Equity Investor | 55 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 53 |
| Masters Business Admin | 51 |
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| Eduardo de Britto Pereira Azevedo | 19 |
| Justin Butler | 16 |
| Jeffrey Bazar | 12 |
| Deborah Lucas | 11 |
| Dedric Carter | 11 |
| Nicholas Konidaris | 10 |
| Christy Trang Le | 10 |
| Rob Lentz | 10 |
| Farzad Parsaie | 9 |
| Jason Whaley | 9 |
| Jeffrey Siow | 8 |
| Guha Bala | 8 |
| Shayna Harris | 7 |
| Erdin Beshimov | 7 |
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