Executive Profile

John G. McDonald Ph.D. Advisor, Altos Ventures

Age	Total Calculated Compensation	This person is connected to 19 Board Members in 19 different organizations across 22 different industries. See Board Relationships
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Background

Prof. John G. McDonald, Jack, Ph.D. is a Investors Professor of Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prof. McDonald is also an IBJ Professor of Finance at Stanford University at Graduate School of Business since 1968. He also teaches private equity investing and venture capital, as well as an investment seminar that he first introduced in the late 1960s at Stanford. In 2008, its 41st of Prof. McDonald's teaching career year at Stanford GSB teaching investment ... management and entrepreneurial finance. He has taught M.B.A. courses, investment and corporate finance, and executive programs in subject areas including investment management, corporate finance, private equity, and venture capital at Columbia and Harvard Business Schools. Prof. McDonald is an Advisor at Altos Ventures. He is a recognized expert in private and public equity investing. Prof. McDonald has been a Limited Partner in many venture capital partnerships and has been a founding Advisory Committee Member of InterWest Partners since its inception in 1979. He has been an Independent Director of Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. since July 1, 1999. Prof. McDonald has been a Director at Scholastic Corp., since 1985; at Varian Inc., since 1999; at Istar Financial Inc., since November 1999; and at QuinStreet, Inc., since September 2004. Prof. McDonald serves on the Boards of mutual funds managed by Capital Research and Management Company and of a number of other companies. He serves as a Director of Quinstreet, Inc. Prof. McDonald serves as a Director and Trustee for Golden State Vintners Inc. and at the eight investment companies managed by Capital Research and Management Company. He served as a Director of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust and Capstone Turbine Corp. From January 1987 to January 1990, Prof. McDonald was a Member of the Board of Governors at the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. and served as the Vice Chairman from 1989 to 1990. Previously, he served in the United States Army, 25th Infantry, from 1962 to 1964. Prof. McDonald holds a Ph.D. in Business and Finance, an M.B.A., and a B.E. from Stanford University.

Corporate Headquarters 2882 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, California 94025 United States Phone: 650-234-9771 Fax: 650-233-9821 Board Members Memberships Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Independent Director, Member of Nominating & Governance Committee and Member of Compensation Committee Varian, Inc. Director Amcap Fund Inc. Director Nominee American Funds - American Mutual Fund Director Nominee American Funds - Smallcap World Fund, Inc 1976-Present Independent Director, Member of Nominating Committee and Member of Proxy Committee American Funds - The Growth Fund of America Inc. 1976-Present Director, Member of Nominating Committee, Member of Proxy Committee and Member of Contracts Committee American Funds - Income Fund of America 1976-Present Director, Member of Audit Committee and Member of Nominating Committee American Funds - Investment Company of America 1978-Present Independent Director, Member of Contracts Committee and Member of Nominating Committee American Funds - New Perspective Fund, Inc. 1984-Present Independent Trustee and Member of Nominating Committee EuroPacific Growth Fund 1985-Present Director, Member of Human Resources & Compensation Committee and Member of Retirement Plan Committee Scholastic Corporation 1988-Present Director, Member of Nominating Committee, Member of Proxy Committee and Member of Contracts Committee American Balanced Fund, Inc. 1993-N/A Former Director TriNet Corporate Realty 1998-Present Director, Member of Nominating Committee, Member of Proxy Committee and Member of Contracts Committee American Funds Fundamental Investors - Fundamental Investors 1999-Present Independent Director, Chairman of Audit Committee and Member of Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. 1999-Present Independent Director, Chairman of Nominating & Governance Committee, Member of Compensation Committee and Member of Asset Management & Investment Committee iStar Financial Inc. 1999-Present Trustee, Member of Nominating Committee and Member of Contracts Committee American Funds Insurance Series - New World Fund 1999-Present Independent Director, Member of Nominating & Governance Committee and Member of Contracts Committee American Funds - New World Fund 1999-Present Independent Director, Member of Nominating Committee and Member of Contracts Committee Reef New World Fund 2001-N/A Former Director Capstone Turbine Corp. 2004-Present Director, Chairman of Compensation Committee and Member of Audit Committee QuinStreet, Inc. 2007-Present Director and Chairman of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee Varolii Corporation 2008-Present Director, Member of Nominating Committee and Member of Contracts Committee American Funds Insurance Series - International Growth and Income Fund Education PhD Stanford University BA Stanford University MBA Stanford University Other Affiliations InterWest Partners LLC Capstone Turbine Corp. ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc. Scholastic Corporation QuinStreet, Inc. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Stanford University Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. TriNet Corporate Realty iStar Financial Inc. Varian, Inc. Varolii Corporation American Funds - The Growth Fund of America Inc. Amcap Fund Inc. American Funds - American Mutual Fund American Funds - Smallcap World Fund, Inc Investment Co Of The Americas Nv American Funds Insurance Series - New World Fund American Balanced Fund, Inc. EuroPacific Growth Fund American Funds - Income Fund of America American Funds - New Perspective Fund, Inc. American Funds - Investment Company of America American Funds - New World Fund American Funds Fundamental Investors - Fundamental Investors American Funds Insurance Series - International Growth and Income Fund Reef New World Fund

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