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Ward W. Woods is a Special Partner of Bessemer Holdings & Co., and BayBoston Managers LLC. Woods serves as a Manager at Bessemer Securities LLC. He was Special Partner of Lindsay Goldberg. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Bessemer Securities LLC and at Bessemer Securities Corporation from 1989 until his retirement in December 1999. From 1989 to 2000, Woods served as Managing General Partner or Principal Manager or Founding Partner of the general partner of Bessemer Holdings LP and other affiliated investment partnerships including those comprising the BH Group. Prior to February 1989, he was a Senior Partner at Lazard Freres & Co. Prior to joining Lazard, he served as a Managing Director and a Partner of Lehman Brothers and was Co-Head of the Corporate Finance Department. Woods serves as Chairman of BCP/Essex Holdings Inc. He has been Chairman of Stant Corporation since 1989 and also serves as its Director. He served as Chairman of Essex International Inc. He serves as a Director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., The Bessemer Group, Incorporated, Graphic Controls Corporation, and several private companies. Woods serves as a Director of Bessemer Securities LLC, Bessemer Securities Corp., Bessemer Trust Co., and several other private companies. He serves as a Director of Graphic Controls Corporation, Boise Cascade Corporation and Kelley Oil & Gas Corporation. He serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Chair of the Advisory Council of The Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, and serves as a trustee of the David & Lucille Packard Foundation. Woods served as a Director of Essex International Inc. since 1992. Woods served as Director of Contour Energy Co., 9now known as Samson Contour Energy Co.) since February 1996 until his resignation on June 12, 2002. He served as a Director of Officemax Incorporated from 1992 to December 31, 2005. He was Director of National Fish & Wildlife Foundation. He is also a former Trustee of Stanford University and former Chairman of Stanford Management Company. Woods graduated from Stanford University.
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Ward Woods is the Director at The Bessemer Group, based in United States, North America. With a background in Real Estate, Ward Woods has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.
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Annouced Date | Organization Name | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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Sep 01, 2007 | MyPublisher | Series B - MyPublisher | 8.9M |
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