Bob Oster

Mr. Oster started his career as a professional economist and became Chief Financial Officer of several companies, taking two of them public, including Oracle Corporation. Since 1987 he has been a private investor, working through every phase of the venture process from incubation and due diligence to building management teams and selling or taking companies public.

He was a first-round investor and director of LifeUSA Holding (later merged into Allianz Life of North America) and a first-round investor and special advisor to Informatica. He was a founding investor and director of several search fund companies, including Asurion, Pacific Pulmonary Services and Carillon Assisted Living, and a founding investor and director of iNET Interactive, Raptor Technology, Industrial Water Treatment Services, Discovia and Recruit Military.

He received a BA in economics from Occidental College and an MA and Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an Overseer of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and Chairman of Summit Public Schools.