Baird, Ross

Baird, Ross
Executive Director, Village Capital

Ross Baird has been at the forefront of the changing world of entrepreneurship, as a member of the founding team of ten enterprises since he started college. Ross developed Village Capital, the firm he runs, in 2009, and leads the development of an organization that has supported over 600 enterprises on six continents, as well as the world's first peer-selected venture fund. The core innovation of Village Capital, peer-selected investment, won the MPrize from HBR and McKinsey for a top top management innovation of the year.

Ross has an MPhil from the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a BA from the University of Virginia, where he was a Truman Scholar and a Jefferson Scholar.

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