Peter Wendell

Peter Wendell

Director/Board Member at MERCK & CO., INC.

Net worth: 131 950 $ as of 2024-03-30

73 year
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Profile

Peter Wendell founded Sierra Ventures after ten years in sales and marketing at IBM, growing the firm from a single California-based partner to over a dozen investing professionals, nine funds, and $1.5 billion in committed capital.
Peter co-teaches Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, “Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital” with Google CEO, Eric Schmidt.
Peter holds a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard.
In addition to his venture capital activities at Sierra Ventures, Peter serves on the board of directors of Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK), as one of the three officers of Princeton University’s 40-member board of trustees, and recently completed an extended term as a member of the board of the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO), including six years as chairman during which time PRINCO’s professional managers doubled the University’s endowment.
In recognition of his work at Stanford and Princeton, Peter was awarded the National Venture Capital Association’s American Spirit Award.

Known holdings in public companies

CompanyDateNumber of sharesValuationValuation date
2024-03-27 1,000 ( 0.00% ) 131 950 $ 2024-03-30

Peter Wendell active positions

CompaniesPositionStart
MERCK & CO., INC. Director/Board Member 2003-09-22
Chief Investment Officer 2011-01-09
Director/Board Member 2009-10-31
Director/Board Member 2011-10-10
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Director/Board Member 2002-12-31
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Former positions of Peter Wendell

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Chairman 2010-10-30
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Training of Peter Wendell

Harvard University Masters Business Admin
Princeton University Undergraduate Degree

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