13 Facts About Alan Patricof

Alan Patricof was born on 22 October 1934 and is an American investor who founded the venture capital firm Alan Patricof Associates in 1969.

Alan Patricof grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, the son of parents who had immigrated from Russia to the United States.

Alan Patricof's father was a stockbroker at a small firm.

Alan Patricof graduated from Horace Mann School for Boys in 1952.

Alan Patricof formed the holding company, Aeneid Equities, whose board he chaired, to manage all three publications.

In recognition of his early efforts in founding the first venture capital firm in France, Alan Patricof was awarded the Legion d'honneur by its president in 2020.

In 2001, Alan Patricof stepped back from day-to-day management of Apax to foster entrepreneurship in the developing world, serving as an adviser to the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank, and joining the boards of nonprofits TechnoServe and the Trickle Up.

In 2019, Alan Patricof founded Primetime Partners with Abby Levy, the former Senior Vice President of SoulCycle, to invest in early-stage start-ups that bring products and services to the 25 percent of the population over 60.

In 2022, Alan Patricof wrote "No Red Light," about his career in venture capital, government, philanthropy, the arts, and politics.

Alan Patricof began investing in the theater in 1959 when he backed first-time Director Peter Bogdanovic in the Off Broadway production of Clifford Odette's, The Big Knife.

Alan Patricof subsequently joined the board of directors of Cinecom that produced Merchant Ivory's Room With A View which won an Oscar in 1987.

Alan Patricof has served on the Boards of The Brooklyn Academy of Music, the New York Academy of Science, the Actors Studio School, and the New York Academy of Science.

In Obama's second term, Alan Patricof served on the board of the President's Global Development Council.