Makena Capital Management Team

Michael McCaffery is Chairman of Makena’s Executive Committee. Mike was the firm’s founding CEO and has also served as the Executive Chairman and Managing Partner. Prior to forming Makena Capital Management in 2005, Mike was the President and CEO of the Stanford Management Company overseeing the Stanford University endowment, which he joined in 2000. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of the investment bank Robertson Stephens and Company. Mike joined Robertson Stephens as Director of Investment Banking in 1988. Prior to Robertson Stephens, Mike was with Morgan Stanley and Company. Mike was named to the board of directors of NVIDIA Corp. in March 2015 and is a director of C3, a private technology firm. He also serves as Trustee Emeritus of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Mike is a member of the advisory boards of several fund managers and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). Mike graduated with a B.A. from Princeton University, and as a Rhodes Scholar attended Merton College at Oxford University, where he earned a B.A. Honors and an M.A. Mike has an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.