Gary Lauder is the Managing Partner of Lauder Partners LLC, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing primarily in information technologies. He has been a venture capitalist since 1985 investing in over 60 private companies. He is also Chairman of ICTV Inc., a developer of interactive television technology for cable and IPTV. Other directorships: Promptu, Integra5 and ShotSpotter. Investments are primarily in cable television/IPTV technology and WWW arenas. In the 1980’s, he worked at the venture firms of Aetna, Jacobs & Ramo Technology Ventures, as well as Wolfensohn Associates. He holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania; a BS in Economics from the Wharton School; and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1997 he was chosen to become a member of the inaugural class of Henry Crown Fellows of the Aspen Institute, at which he is the co-creator of its Socrates Society with Laura, his wife. He has had a working cable modem (usually) in his home since 1994, the same year that Upside Magazine named him one of the top 100 builders of the information highway. He is co-inventor of 9 patents, has spoken at over 70 industry forums and, since 1992, has published several articles about the future of the cable industry that he still stands by.