Harry Edelson
Harry Edelson, CFA, CDP, CCP, has been chairman and CEO of Edelson Technology Partners since its inception. Since 1984, he has managed a series of five venture capital technology funds for ten multinational corporations (AT&T, Viacom, 3M, Ford Motor, Cincinnati Bell, Colgate-Palmolive, Reed Elsevier, Imation, Asea Brown Boveri, and UPS) and two large pension funds. Venture capital investments have been made in virtually all areas of technology and throughout the world. Notable investments in China include Chinadotcom, its majority-owned subsidiary HongKong.Com, and eChinaCash. Before his career in venture capital, Mr. Edelson was a technology securities analyst for three leading investment banking firmsMerrill Lynch, Drexel Burnham, and First Boston. His previous experience includes transmission engineer at AT&T, computer engineer at UNIVAC, and head of marketing and sales at a data terminal company serving the nascent development of the Internet, then called Darpanet. A featured speaker at numerous conferences throughout the world, including China and Hong Kong, Mr. Edelson is former president of the Analyst Club, the oldest club on Wall Street, founded in 1925, and is a founding member of the China Investment Group. Mr. Edelson has been a member of the Juilliard Council since 1999. Juilliard is one of the worlds leading schools in music, dance, and theater. He was honored in the Knesset by receiving the Israel 50th Anniversary Award from the Premier of Israel. Mr. Edelson has a B.S. in physics from Brooklyn College and an M.B.A. in management from New York University. While at AT&T, he completed a special telecommunications program at the Cornell School of Electrical Engineering.