Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Skip Battle is a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute as well as a long time Institute Moderator. Skip was previously Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ask Jeeves, which was acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp in July 2005.

Prior to that, Skip was Chief Executive Officer of the company from 2000 to 2003. From 1968 until his

retirement in 1995, Skip served in management roles at Arthur Andersen LLP and then Andersen Consulting LLP (now Accenture), where he became Worldwide Managing Partner of Market Development and a Member of the firm's Executive Committee.

Skip currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at FICO and is a former Member of the Board of Directors at OpenTable, Netflix, LinkedIn, Workday and Expedia, Inc.Skip was previously a Member of the Board of Directors at the Masters Select Family of Mutual Funds, PeopleSoft, Advent Software and Barra, Inc.Skip is also a grape farmer in the Alexander Valley of Sonoma County, California.

Skip received a B.A. degree with highest distinction in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA in Finance from Stanford Business School, where he held McCarthy and University Fellowships and has lectured at Stanford Business School, University of California-Berkeley Business School and the American University.

Number of Investments 1
Skip Battle invested in Vida Health on Oct 28, 2014. This investment - Series A - Vida Health - was valued at
$5M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 28, 2014
Vida Health
No
Series A - Vida Health
$5M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
Skip Battle is the Senior Fellow & Institute Moderator at The Aspen Institute. Additionally, Skip Battle has had 3 past jobs including CEO (Ask Jeeves) at IAC.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
IAC
CEO (Ask Jeeves)Jan 2000Jan 2003
Accenture
Various Management RolesJan 1, 1968Jan 1, 1995
Arthur Andersen LLP
Various Management Roles
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 6
Skip Battle holds 6 board and advisor roles including Member of the Board of Directors at FICO, Member of the Board of Directors at Sungevity, and Member of the Board of Directors at LinkedIn.
  • FICO Member of the Board of DirectorsFeb 25, 2016
  • Sungevity Member of the Board of DirectorsFeb 23, 2010
  • LinkedIn Member of the Board of DirectorsFeb 2010
  • Workday Member of the Board of DirectorsApr 2006
  • OpenTable Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 2006
  • Expedia Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 2005
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
FICO
Chairman of the Board of DirectorsJan 2002Feb 24, 2016
Advent Software, Inc.
Member of the Board of DirectorsJun 2005May 2011
IAC
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (Ask Jeeves)Jan 2003Jul 2005
PeopleSoft
Member of the Board of DirectorsJan 1995Jan 2004
Netflix
Member of the Board of DirectorsJun 2005
MSCI
Member of the Board of Directors (Barra Inc.)