John Marren

Mr. Marren is a senior investment professional with over 15 years of experience investing in technology companies and more than 10 years of experience operating, researching and advising technology companies. Mr. Marren is currently Senior Managing Director, North America for Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd. (Temasek), a sovereign wealth fund of the government of Singapore with a net portfolio value of approximately $200 billion. Prior to Temasek, Mr. Marren was a senior Partner of TPG Capital, L.P. (TPG) and led the firm’s Technology Buyout Team from 2000 until he retired in 2015. Mr. Marren currently serves on the Board of Directors at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASD: AMD), a global semiconductor company with a market capitalization of approximately $100 billion, Poshmark Inc. (NASD: POSH), a leading social marketplace with a market capitalization of approximately $5 billion, and Impossible Foods Inc. (privately held). Over his tenure at TPG, he also served as Director of AllTel Wireless, Aptina Imaging, Avaya Inc., Conexant Inc., Freescale Semiconductor, Globespan, Infinidat Inc., Isola Group, MEMC Electronic Materials, Network General Corp., ON Semiconductor, Quantenna Communications, Smart Modular Technologies, SunGard Data Systems, Vertafore Inc. and Zhone Technologies, Inc.

Prior to TPG, Mr. Marren first served as a Managing Director in the Equity Research Department and subsequently, as Co-Head of the Technology Investment Banking Department at Morgan Stanley. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he served as a Managing Director and Senior Semiconductor Analyst at Alex Brown & Sons. While at Morgan Stanley and Alex Brown & Sons, Mr. Marren was a frequent member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team, which recognizes the top equity research analysts on Wall Street.

Prior to his career on Wall Street, Mr. Marren spent seven years in the semiconductor industry working in various technical and business roles for VLSI Technology and Vitesse Semiconductor. Mr. Marren is a Trustee of the University of California, Santa Barbara and serves on the Board of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation. He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.