Background
Saunders, Robert Samuel was born on December 3, 1951 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel Robert and Rose Annette Saunders.
Saunders, Robert Samuel was born on December 3, 1951 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Samuel Robert and Rose Annette Saunders.
AB with distinction, Stanford University, 1973. Master of Science with distinction, London School of Economics, 1974. Diploma, University Stockholm, 1976.
Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1978.
Consultant World Bank, Washington, 1975—1977. Senior consultant Boston Consultant Group, 1978—1982. Director competitive strategy analysis Bain and Company, 1982—1986.
Senior vice president, chief planning officer Krupp Companies, 1986—1988. Chairman Saunders Capital Group, Boston, 1988—1994, International Marketing Concepts, Louisville, 1998—2005, Venture Club, Louisville, 2001—2005, Compliance & Ethics Learning Solutions, Chicago, 2004—2006. Managing director Providian Capital Management, Louisville, 1993—1997.
Senior managing director Chrysalis Ventures, Louisville, 1997—2006. Vice chairman Telemics, Inc., Louisville, 2000—2006. Finance committee chairman Public Radio Partnership, Louisville, 1996—2003.
Investment committee chairman African American Venture Capital Fund, 1993—2006. Chairman advisory board department computer engineering and computer science University Louisville, 2001—2005. Board directors Metacyte, Inc., Louisville, Construction Software Technology, Inc., Cincinnati, Ygnition, Inc., Seattle, RAD Electronics, Inc., Los Angeles, Tech Skills LLC, Austin, Mobile Armor, St. Louis.
Chair investment advisory board Actor's Theater, Louisville. Development committee chairman Walden Theater, Louisville, 2003—2006.
Delaware Massachusetts Democratic National Convention, San Francisco, 1984. Co-founder Weston Conservation Trust, Massachusetts, 1988. Member American Economics Association, International Union for Science Study of Population.
Married Heidi Ruth Fulkerson, March 18, 1978.