Mark Gorenberg
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Mark P. Gorenberg is an American venture capitalist, currently managing director of San Francisco-based Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. He is an active political fundraiser for Democratic Party
candidates.
Gorenberg received a B.S. from MIT
(1976), an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota
(1979), and an M.S. in engineering management from Stanford University
(1984). He was a member of the original SPARCstation 1
team at Sun Microsystems
.
Gorenberg joined Hummer Winblad, a venture capital firm that invests exclusively in software companies, soon after its 1989 founding by John Hummer
and Ann Winblad
. His successful startups include Omniture (IPO and acquired by Adobe), AdForce (IPO and acquired by CMGI), NetDynamics (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and Scopus Technologies (IPO and acquired by Siebel).
A member of the MIT
Board of Trustees, Gorenberg has made major gifts to MIT. He also serves on several other charitable boards, including the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and The Environment. Gorenberg is a member of the FCC's
Technology Advisory Council. In 2011, President Obama appointed him as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Gorenberg oversaw California fundraising for Senator John F. Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. He was a member of then-candidate Obama's national finance committee in the 2008 Presidential campaign, raising more than $500,000 as a so-called "bundler" of individual contributions. Gorenberg stated that he had been introduced to the Obama campaign by disgraced donor Norman Hsu
.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
candidates.
Gorenberg received a B.S. from MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(1976), an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
(1979), and an M.S. in engineering management from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
(1984). He was a member of the original SPARCstation 1
SPARCstation 1
The SPARCstation 1, or Sun 4/60, is the first of the SPARCstation series of SPARC-based computer workstations sold by Sun Microsystems. It had a distinctive slim enclosure and was first sold in April 1989, with Sun's support for it ending in 1995.Based around a LSI Logic RISC CPU running at...
team at Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
.
Gorenberg joined Hummer Winblad, a venture capital firm that invests exclusively in software companies, soon after its 1989 founding by John Hummer
John Hummer
John Hummer is a venture capitalist and retired professional basketball player who was an original member of the Buffalo Braves after starring for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team...
and Ann Winblad
Ann Winblad
Ann L. Winblad is a partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.-Early years:Ann L. Winblad was born on November 1, 1950 in Red Wing, Minnesota...
. His successful startups include Omniture (IPO and acquired by Adobe), AdForce (IPO and acquired by CMGI), NetDynamics (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and Scopus Technologies (IPO and acquired by Siebel).
A member of the MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
Board of Trustees, Gorenberg has made major gifts to MIT. He also serves on several other charitable boards, including the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and The Environment. Gorenberg is a member of the FCC's
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
Technology Advisory Council. In 2011, President Obama appointed him as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Gorenberg oversaw California fundraising for Senator John F. Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. He was a member of then-candidate Obama's national finance committee in the 2008 Presidential campaign, raising more than $500,000 as a so-called "bundler" of individual contributions. Gorenberg stated that he had been introduced to the Obama campaign by disgraced donor Norman Hsu
Norman Hsu
Norman Yung Yuen Hsu , born October 1951, is a convicted pyramid investment promoter who associated himself with the apparel industry. His business activities were intertwined with his role as a major fundraiser for the Democratic Party, and he gained notoriety after suspicious patterns of bundled...
.