Paul E. Tierney
Paul E. Tierney, Jr. (born in 1943) is a business professor at Columbia University, a fund manager, and a venture capitalist at Aperture Venture Partners,{{cite web |url=http://www.aperturevp.com/team.htm |title=Aperture Venture Partners |publisher=Aperturevp.com |access-date=2010-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707151929/http://www.aperturevp.com/team.htm |archive-date=2011-07-07 }} and Fidus Partners.{{cite web |url=http://www.fiduspartners.com/fc_team.html |title=Fidus Partners |publisher=Fidus Partners |access-date=2010-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101180543/http://www.fiduspartners.com/fc_team.html |archive-date=2011-01-01 }}
His investments have included stakes in the parent of United Airlines, US healthcare companies, and businesses in underdeveloped markets including Subsaharan Africa.Daniel Fisher [https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/1122/champions-free-enterprise-paul-tierney-bullish-on-harare.html Bullish On Harare]; Champions of Free Enterprise Forbes Magazine[http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/cbs-directory/detail/494846/Paul%20Tierney%20Jr Paul Tierney Jr.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624165311/http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/cbs-directory/detail/494846/Paul%20Tierney%20Jr |date=2010-06-24 }} Columbia Business School[https://books.google.com/books?id=lm-XMcHFV1cC&pg=PA126 World Poverty] A Reference Book page 126-127Susan Young [http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2002/december/profile.html Straddling Two Worlds: Paul Tierney] Harvard Business School Online Bulletin December 2002[http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2002/december/profile.html alumni profile] Harvard Business School{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/ethicsinvestment00will | url-access=registration | title= Ethics and the investment industry | author= Oliver F. Williams | author2= Frank K. Reilly | author3= John W. Houck |page= [https://archive.org/details/ethicsinvestment00will/page/254 254]| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield| year= 1989| isbn= 978-0-8476-7613-2 }} He was named Chair of the Board of Advisors for Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) by Lisa Anderson, dean.{{cite journal| url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/10/SIPA_board.html| journal= Columbia News| title=Paul Tierney Named Chair of SIPA Board of Advisors| date=Oct 19, 2005 }}
Life
He graduated from Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Illinois) and magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1964.
He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Chile.
He graduated from Harvard University, with an M.B.A. as a Baker Scholar, in 1968.[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=604826&privcapId=7732939&previousCapId=671980&previousTitle=BLACKSTONE%20GROUP%20LP/THE Businessweek profile]{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
He was a senior vice president at White, Weld & Co. In 1978, he co-founded Gollust, Tierney & Oliver; they split up in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4004382.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105035412/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4004382.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-05 |title=3 Coniston partners are splitting up - Chicago Sun-Times | HighBeam Research - FREE trial |publisher=Highbeam.com |date=1990-06-23 |access-date=2010-11-23}} He owned the Major League Soccer team, D.C. United, from 1994 to 2001.
He is married to Susan; they have three children.{{cite web|url=http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2002/december/profile.html |title=Profile - December 2002 - Alumni Bulletin - Harvard Business School |publisher=Alumni.hbs.edu |date=2010-09-08 |access-date=2010-11-23}}
Philanthropy
Tierney has been chairman of TechnoServe, an international economic development organization working in Africa and Latin America, for two decades.Columbia Business School profile[http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2010.2_Apr/Making%20a%20Difference/Tierney-McNamer.html interview] April 2010 LEADERS magazine
Tierney encourages the use of private equity and venture capital to fund entrepreneurial firms in Africa, believing this funding approach "can be a superior alternative to the traditional development funds funneled through the likes of the World Bank."