Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner

Teymour Boutros-Ghali has over the years established a successful track record as an investor and entrepreneur focused on the commercialization of disruptive technologies. His interests have ranged from the reshaping of the media landscape through technological innovation, to the ongoing rebirth of the enterprise through technology—driven strategic advantage. He is co-founder of Bold Capital Partners and Monitor Ventures, two investment and advisory partnerships, and has also been a founder/executive of several successful technology start-ups.

As Chairman of C Publishing, he oversees a successful group of luxury media properties. He was also a founder and CEO of All Business, a B2B web site targeted to small businesses (sold to GE-NBC); and, as part of his work on technology commercialization he served for several years as senior advisor to Interval Research, Paul Allen’s Silicon Valley incubator, as well as, more recently, designing Saudi Aramco’s corporate venture fund.

Prior to his entrepreneurial activities, Teymour was an executive with Time Warner. Over a ten-year period, he held a number of positions, including: Vice President of Time Inc.’s corporate venturing arm, Time Inc. Ventures; and, Publisher of Time International—responsible for repositioning and running the media property worldwide.

Before joining Time Warner, Teymour was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He was a leader of the media and telecommunications practice and also served as head of recruiting for BCG.

Teymour Boutros-Ghali holds an SM from the Sloan School of Management in Finance; a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in theoretical Plasma Physics (his thesis dealt with the formation of coherent structures out of chaotic turbulent systems); and, a BA from Cambridge University in EE & CS. Teymour Boutros-Ghali sits on the board of several private companies, has lectured on entrepreneurship at the Anderson School of UCLA and been a judge for the annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.