Annette J. Campbell-White is a New Zealand-born venture capitalist.[1][2]

Biography

Campbell-White was born in New Zealand and attended the University of Cape Town in South Africa.[1][2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Master of Science in Physical Chemistry.[3] She was the first biotechnology analyst on Wall Street and the first female partner at Hambrecht & Quist, a leading investment banking firm.[4]

Campbell-White founded MedVenture Associates, a biomedical venture capital firm, in 1986 and was a senior managing director at the firm until her retirement in 2015.[1][2]

In 2019, she published her memoir, Beyond Market Value: A Memoir of Book Collecting and the World of Venture Capital.[5]

Philanthropy

In 1997, Campbell-White established the Kia Ora Foundation to provide educational and other opportunities to musicians and artists from New Zealand.[1][4]

In 2016, she joined the Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board to help administer the endowment fund as an ongoing source of funding for the Wikimedia Foundation.[3]

In 2018, Campbell-White was honoured at the sixth annual International Opera Awards for her lifelong commitment to opera and support of young artists and the performing arts. She has been a board member for the San Francisco Opera for many years, and she and her husband have sponsored San Francisco Opera performances since 1995.[1] She had also sat on the board of Cal Performances, a performing arts organisation at the University of California, Berkeley.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Annette-Campbell White Speaks in Cape Town – Education, News, Society". NZEDGE. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 MarketScreener. "Annette J. Campbell-White – Biography". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Annette Campbell-White named to the Wikimedia Endowment Advisory Board – Wikimedia Blog". 11 May 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 Center, Harry Ransom; Austin, The University of Texas at; 21st; Guadalupe; Austin; TX; US. "Annette Campbell-White". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Beyond Market Value A Memoir of Book Collecting and the World of Venture Capital By Annette Campbell-White. University of Texas Press. 6 December 2019. ISBN 978-1-4773-1935-2. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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