Title
Dunn, David J. oral historyCatalog Number
102792227Type
DocumentDescription
David Dunn is the managing partner of Idanta Partners Ltd., which he founded in 1970. With almost fifty years in the venture capital industry, David has participated in the financing of many companies, including fifteen to twenty start-ups, most significantly in technology, primarily the data processing industry, while also serving on numerous boards. David worked for G.H Walker & Co. from 1961 to 1962 and then joined J. H. Whitney & Co. where he stayed until founding Idanta.Idanta provided the start-up capital for Storage Technology Corporation in 1969, where David was a director for more than fifteen years. They also provided the start-up funding for Prime Computer in 1972, where David served as chairman of the board for twenty years. In 1980, Idanta provided the start-up capital for Iomega, and David served as chairman of that board for the next twenty-three years.
David served in the Marine Corp, for one year, in 1950, before winning a competitive appointment to the United States Naval Academy. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1955, he rejoined the Marine Corps. He resigned from the military in 1959 to attended Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, receiving his MBA with “high distinction,” in 1961.
David was honored with an Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard in 1998. In 2003, he received the Student Sponsor Partner’s Founders Award for his involvement in SSP, having assumed financial responsibility for 150 at-risk New York City students. And in 2010, David received a Distinguished Graduate Award from the U. S. Naval Academy.
Date
2012-02-22Contributor
| Dunn, David J., Interviewee |
| Kolker, Carole, Interviewer |
