Peter Thacher Grauer was born on October 1945 and is an American businessman and entrepreneur.
23 Facts About Peter Grauer
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Peter Grauer currently serves as the lead independent director of DaVita Inc.
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Peter Grauer's father, Frederick, was a retiree who previously served as the vice president of the Provident National Bank in Philadelphia.
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Peter Grauer graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968 with a BA in English, and Harvard Business School, Program for Management Development in 1975.
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Peter Grauer joined Delta Kappa Epsilon while at UNC.
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Peter Grauer was the founder of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and DLJ Investment Partners.
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Peter Grauer serves as a director or trustee on a range of professional and charitable boards.
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Peter Grauer has served on the boards of more than 25 public and private companies.
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Peter Grauer has been a director of DaVita Inc since 1994 and the lead independent director since 2003.
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Peter Grauer is a member of the board of the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
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Peter Grauer serves as president of the board of trustees of the Inner City Scholarship Fund in New York City.
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In June 2013, Peter Grauer was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of Glencore plc, later rising to Senior Independent Non-Executive Director in May 2014.
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Previously, Peter Grauer served on the global advisory board of Out Leadership, which partners with senior executives to advance LGBT equality.
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Peter Grauer sits on the boards of several prominent educational institutions.
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Peter Grauer serves as the Founding Board Chair of College Advising Corps, a national nonprofit organization that supports low-income, first generation students on the path to college.
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Peter Grauer is a member of both the board of trustees of Rockefeller University, a global center for scientific research and education, and the Emeritus Board of literacy and education nonprofit Room to Read.
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Peter Grauer currently serves as the chairman emeritus of Big Apple Circus, an award-winning New York circus performing company and community outreach organization.
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Peter Grauer is a former member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chairman of the external advisory board of the Undergraduate Honors Program, as well as a member of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation Board and the UNC Global Research Institute Board.
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Additionally, Peter Grauer is the former president of the Pomfret School board of trustees.
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In 2015, Peter Grauer voted against changing the name of Saunders Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when an objection was raised concerning William Saunders's prominent Ku Klux Klan activity.
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Peter Grauer serves as an advisor to multiple global business institutions.
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Peter Grauer is a member of the international advisory board of BritishAmerican Business, a transatlantic business network connecting leaders in New York and London.
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In 2019, Peter Grauer ranked in the top 10 of the 2019 HERoes Advocate Executives List.