Ken Sawyer

Ken Sawyer is a Managing Director and Co-founder at Saints Capital. He has been selected as a member of the Forbes Midas list for several years, where he was recognized as one of the top 100 investors in venture capital globally. Prior to co-founding Saints’ direct secondary activities with Ken Quinlivan in 2000, Ken Sawyer was the Head of Strategic Advisory Services and Mergers and Acquisitions at Volpe Brown Whelan & Co., a privately-held investment bank focused on emerging growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries. Prudential Securities acquired Volpe Brown Whelan & Co. in December of 1999. While at Volpe, Ken Sawyer advised over 100 companies on strategic issues, assisted in completing over 50 M&A transactions totaling several billion dollars, assisted in completing several strategic private placements and IPOs, and reviewed and approved over 50 IPOs of internet and technology companies as a member of the Commitment Committee. Ken Sawyer grew his department’s revenue by over eight times in his three years at Volpe Brown Whelan & Co. Prior to working at Volpe Brown Whelan & Co., Ken Sawyer was a Partner at Colman Partners and a Principal at Colman Furlong & Co. Ken Sawyer also has operating experience as the CFO of New Image Industries, a publicly traded digital imaging company. He also has operating experience as a founder and CEO of several small private companies. Ken Sawyer began his career at Morgan Stanley & Co. Ken Sawyer received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS with honors in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. At Stanford, Ken Sawyer was elected as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. Ken Sawyer also studied in France, Washington, DC, and at the Copenhagen School of Business in Denmark.