Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Founder and Managing Director
  • Primary Organization 
    WS Investments
  • Gender Male
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Chairman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Larry W. Sonsini has gained international recognition for his expertise in the areas of corporate law, corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He has been instrumental in many of the financings, IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, and other key transactions of Silicon Valley and

beyond.

In addition to his duties at the firm, which included serving as chief executive officer as well as chairman for more than 35 years, Larry served as chairman of the New York Stock Exchange's Commission on Corporate Governance, which was formed in 2009 and issued its final report in fall 2010. Larry is also a member of the NYSE's Proxy Working Group and served as a member of the NYSE's board of directors from 2001 to 2003. He also served as chairman of the NYSE's Regulation, Enforcement and Listing Standards Committee until 2008, and previously was a member of the NYSE's Legal Advisory Committee and the NYSE Committee for Review.

Larry has served on a number of advisory boards and committees, including: SEC's Advisory Committee on Capital Formation and Regulatory Processes; ABA Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities; and Legal Advisory Board of NASD, Inc. Additionally, he is a member of the board of trustees and a founding fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel.

In 1999, Larry was selected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a trustee of Santa Clara University (SCU). Larry was recently chosen as the honorary chair of SCU's High Technology Law Institute, and is a Foreign Policy Association Fellow. He was formerly a trustee at the University of California, Berkeley (1990-1996), and has served .on the Board of Advisors, Technical Law Journal at Boalt Hall. He has taught at Stanford Law School and at Berkeley School of Law.

Number of Partner Investments 2
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jun 10, 2013
Kenandy
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Series B - Kenandy
$33M
Aug 29, 2011
Kenandy
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Series A - Kenandy
$10.5M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 1
Larry W. Sonsini is the Founder and Managing Director at WS Investments. Additionally, Larry W. Sonsini has had 1 past job as the Chairman ,Commission on Corporate Governance at New York Stock Exchange.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
New York Stock Exchange
Chairman ,Commission on Corporate Governance
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Larry W. Sonsini holds 2 board and advisor roles as Board of Directors at Kenandy and Board Member at justanswer.com.
Number of News Articles 1
NewsAug 6, 2013
Forbes — forbes.com