Bob Lesko

Bob Lesko was born and raised in Washington DC. His work includes managing endowments for national organizations, as well as advising small high growth organizations as they expand. Bob attended Yale University and was ranked top 10 in the US in the mile run, running under 4 minutes in 1993. After earning an MBA from Wharton, Bob spent 25 years at Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director where he oversaw over $21B in capital for private families, endowments, and corporations, retiring in 2021. Bob was a very early private investor in Uber, Pinterest, Airbnb, and Twitter, where he advised the founding teams on early growth and raising capital. Bob currently is on the board of several non-profits, and has founded 3 501c-3 entities as well since 2007. He lives on Lake Union in Seattle,WA watching boats of all sizes come in and out of port.