Alan Spoon

Alan G. Spoon serves as Chairman of the Board of Fortive Corporation since 2016. Mr. Spoon served as a General Partner and Partner Emeritus at Polaris Partners, a company that invests in private technology and life science firms, from 2011 to 2018, including as Managing General Partner from 2000 to 2010. Prior to joining Polaris, Mr. Spoon served as President and Board member of The Washington Post Company, a multimedia and education corporation. Earlier he served as Post Company CFO, President of Newsweek, and held top marketing and finance positions at The Washington Post. He began his career and later became a partner of The Boston Consulting Group, an international consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy.

Mr. Spoon is also a member of the board of directors of each of IAC/InterActiveCorp., Match Group, Inc., Cable One, Inc and Danaher Corporation. In his not-for-profit activities, Alan is a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Corporation (Executive Committee) and serves on the board of edX.org (Harvard/MIT joint online education platform). Alan is Regent Emeritus (former Vice Chairman) of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents. Mr. Spoon received his Bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master’s degree from the Sloan School of Management, MIT; and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.