Raymond Stuart Stata was born on 1934 and is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and investor.
14 Facts About Ray Stata
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In high school, Ray worked as an apprentice for his father.
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Ray Stata's parents moved to the outskirts of Baltimore to work at an aircraft factory during WWII.
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Ray Stata later founded Boston Seed Capital, a seed venture capitalist firm.
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In 1965, Ray Stata founded Analog Devices, Inc with MIT classmate Matthew Lorber in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Ray Stata co-founded and was the first President of the Massachusetts High Technology Council in 1977.
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Ray Stata led MHTC to push for state government policies to make Massachusetts the best state in which to live and work.
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Ray Stata worked on the federal level, on the executive committee of the Council on Competitiveness from 1987 to 2005.
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Ray Stata was on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers, stemming from his professional commitment to total quality management.
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Ray Stata served on the board of the Semiconductor Industry Association from January 1,1996, to November 7,2013, and as the group's chairman in 2011.
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Ray Stata was engaged in the stewardship of MIT, his alma mater, in several roles.
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Ray Stata was the Chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science until 2010.
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Ray Stata is a member of the Board of Directors for Nano-C, a leading producer of patented nanostructured carbon, including fullerenes and single-walled nanotubes.
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Ray Stata first invested in Nano-C in 2018 and has made subsequent investments since including June 2020.