G. Leonard Baker, Jr. '64 B.A.
Palo Alto, California
Named Successor Fellow in 2000, G. Leonard Baker, Jr., is managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures of Palo Alto, California, a venture capital firm that invests primarily in start-ups and early-stage companies, most often in information technology and health care. After earning an M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1966, he worked for Cummins Engine Company until joining Sutter Hill Ventures in 1973. Mr. Baker is a director of a number of public and private companies. His service to Yale has included memberships on the advisory board of the School of Management; the Development Board; AllLearn, a joint venture of Yale, Oxford, and Stanford universities; the Yale Investment Committee; and the AYA Board of Governors.
