Stanley Shuman is a titan of venture capital and private equity who has been a leader in the investment industry for over 45 years. He has been associated with the high-level investment bank Allen & Company since 1961, as Executive Vice President, Managing Director, and now as Senior Advisor. He has also worked extensively in the media industry, serving as a Director of the multinational media powerhouse News Corporation for 23 years.
Shuman’s expertise is also highly sought after on matters of national and international policy. He was appointed by President Clinton to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, was the Chair of the National Law Project on Community Economic Development, and served on the Financial Control Board for the City of New York for nineteen years. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York.
Shuman has led and continues to lead and serve on the boards of many New York institutions including Carnegie Hall; New York Law School; the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation; the Wiltwyck School residential treatment center for disadvantaged, emotionally disturbed children; and Channel 13/WNet. He is a long standing member of several corporate boards in addition to News Corp, including SESAC for 20 years and Palamon Capital Partners for 15 years.
Stan Shuman with fellow TCG Honorary Board Member Bernard Schwartz and Denise Schwartz at the Stage of Legends at Carnegie Hall.
Shuman as the StoryCorps honoree, 2013.
He is Trustee Emeritus at Phillips Academy, Andover, the Vail Valley Foundation, and The National Public Radio Foundation. He has also served on the Executive Committee of the Harvard Board of Overseers Committee on University Resources and as Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University.
Shuman with wife Sydney Roberts Gould, 2013
Shuman is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. Born in Boston, he remains a lifelong Red Sox fan. He is married to Sydney Roberts Gould and has two sons, David and Michael; two stepsons, Gordon and Howard Gould, and six grandchildren.
He currently serves on The Common Good Honorary Advisory Board.
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