Bob Pattillo

Bob Pattillo
Residence Atlanta, Georgia
Alma mater Dartmouth
Employer Founder and Director, Gray Matters Capital
Known for Microfinance, Mobile technology, Education Finance
Website http://www.graymatterscap.com/

Bob Pattillo is an entrepreneur and founder of Gray Ghost Ventures, Gray Matters Capital, First Light Ventures, Sanabel, GMC Ratings, GGMF, ISFC, and IDEX and co-founder of Bellwether Fund, ASA Intl, and Village Capital. Gray Matters Capital (GMC) is an Impact Investing Enterprise that actively invests in sustainable, replicable business models that benefit underserved populations in developing countries. GMC's mission is an education for 100 million women by 2036 that leads to a purpose-filled life.

He has served as an adviser to many global investors and foundations, including Case (AOL), Omidyar (eBay), Gates, Chilton, Goldman Sachs, TONIIC, and JP Morgan. His funds and/or investments have participated in sales of RentBureau / Experian, Movirtu[1] / BlackBerry Limited, Cell Bazaar / Telenor. His interviews are featured by SOCAP [2] and Emory University [3]

Career

In real estate, he founded Robert Pattillo Properties and pioneered the "STCDE" shell, a spec building concept that took Robert Pattillo Properties to 8th on the list of the largest industrial developers in the United States. He began working in microfinance in 1998 and sold a 54-year-old business in 2003 to focus solely on impact investment and enterprise development.

In 2001, Pattillo founded the Gray Ghost microfinance fund, a $69m fund that focuses on regional equity microfinance funds that supply start-up and expansion capital to microfinance institutions around the world. In 2006, Pattillo began investing in social enterprise through his Gray Matters Capital Foundation, and in 2008 he invested in Gray Ghost DOEN Social Ventures Coöperatief, alongside the DOEN Foundation. In its work in social ventures, he has coinvested alongside Acumen Fund, the Omidyar Network, and Shell Foundation.[4][5] Pattillo helped found the Global Impact Investing Network and spun off Village Capital and IDEX.[6]

Awards and recognition

Pattillo has been named one of Forbes' Top 30 social entrepreneurs of 2011.[7] He has also served as a Director of Accion International, Microvest, Catalyst, Antares, Mix Markets, d.light, and Council for Microfinance Equity Funds. He was the Keynote Speaker at SOCAP, Sanabel, The UN Conference on Microfinance (with Kofi Annan), Goldman Sachs Global Partners meeting, Accion Global Conference, and Consortium Launch (with Bill Clinton).

References

  1. ↑ BlackBerry Acquires Movirtu to Improve Adoption of BYOD and COPE
  2. ↑ Bob Pattillo SOCAP Interview
  3. ↑ Bob Pattillo Creativity Conversation, Emory University
  4. ↑ Omidyar Network Press Release. D.light Design Closes $5.5 Million Series B Financing Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ M-Kopa list of investors Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ The Economist. Start-up incubators in India
  7. ↑ Forbes. 30 Top Social Entrepreneurs, 30 Nov 2011.

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