Phil Cooper

Phil has 30 years of experience in investment management and private equity as an entrepreneur, principal investor, fund investor, and secondary investor. He actively serves on boards and investment committees, and as a Special General Partner of private equity funds. He advises investment firms and fiduciary Investors on investment policy, governance, strategy and tactics including asset allocation, risk management and alternative investments.

Phil is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a member of the MIT Sloan School Finance Advisory Committee. Phil is the co-holder of several US Patents in investment technology. In the past, he has founded and also been a co-founder of several high tech and IT/healthcare companies.

In 1996 Phil conceived, founded, and led the Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group to over $11 billion in assets and international prominence. While at Goldman Sachs, he served on the Goldman Sachs Asset Management Risk Committee, Operating Committee, and Technology Committee. He retired as a Goldman Sachs Partner in 2004.

Phil received his BS from Syracuse University and an MS in Management from MIT, where he was an Alfred Sloan Fellow.