Larry W. Sonsini

Angel Investor · Larry Sonsini

Larry Sonsini is an angel investor and founder of WS Investments, focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage startups in Health Care, Software, Biotechnology, E-Commerce, and Enterprise Software, particularly in Medical and Marketplace sectors [2][4]. His notable portfolio includes pre-IPO investments in Google, Brocade, Juniper Networks, and Avanex, as well as later-stage companies like Alias Technolog…

Focus: Mr. Larry Sonsini is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at WS Investments. Mr. Sonsini serves as Chairman at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner and Chairman at WS Investments. He has gained international recognition for his expertise in the areas of corporate law, corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He has been instrumental in many of the most notable IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, and other key transactions of Silicon Valley and beyond. In addition to his duties at the firm, which included serving as chief executive officer for more than 30 years as well as chairman, Larry served as a member of the NYSE's board of directors from 2001 to 2003 and he was chairman of the NYSE's Regulation, Enforcement and Listing Standards Committee until 2008. He also teaches securities law at Stanford Law School and UC Berkeley School of Law. He serves as an Advisor at Merian Ventures.
Location: Palo Alto, CA, United States

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