Host

Bob
Grady

Former White House official, investor and longtime Stanford lecturer. Now he runs the ring.

Bush White House ’89–’93
Stanford GSB
Summit Partners

About

The White House
to Wyoming

Bob Grady was chief speechwriter for George H. W. Bush’s 1988 campaign, then served in the White House as a senior budget official and Deputy Assistant to the President, helping shape the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

He went on to lead venture and growth investing at The Carlyle Group, chaired the National Venture Capital Association, taught public management at Stanford’s business school for more than a decade, and is an advisory partner at Summit Partners. He lives in Wyoming.

Career

The record

1988Chief speechwriter, Bush for President
1989–93White House: Office of Management and Budget, then Deputy Assistant to the President
1990sManaging Director, Robertson Stephens
2000sManaging Director, The Carlyle Group · Chairman, National Venture Capital Association
StanfordLecturer in Public Management, Graduate School of Business
2021–Advisory Partner, Summit Partners
TodayHost, Forward Not Back · Co-vice chair, Hoover Institution Board of Overseers