William H. Draper, III has over thirty years of experience as one of America's first venture capitalists. Mr. Draper was founder of Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo Alto, California. During his twenty years as the senior partner of Sutter Hill, Mr. Draper helped to organize and finance several hundred high technology manufacturing companies.
Mr. Draper served from 1981 to 1986 as President and Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
In 1986, he became the head of the world's largest source of multilateral development grant assistance, the United Nations Development Program. In addition to serving on many corporate boards of directors, Mr. Draper has served on the boards of the Institute of International Education, Institute of International Studies at Stanford University, Population Action International, and Yale University, and as Chairman of the World Affairs Council of Northern California. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Draper has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, and a Master of Business degree, with distinction, from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
