James W. Breyer
Director since April 2009
Board committees: Finance (Chair), Leadership Development and Compensation, Governance and Nominating
Mr. Breyer is currently a partner with Accel Partners in Palo Alto, California. Mr. Breyer has been an investor in over 30 consumer Internet, media and technology companies that have completed public offerings or successful mergers. Prior to his work at Accel, Mr. Breyer had worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and in product marketing and management at Apple Computers and Hewlett-Packard.
Mr. Breyer is currently on the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., where he is the lead/presiding independent director. He is also on the board of several private companies, such as Facebook, and is on the Strategic Investment Committee/Board of Accel-KKR, IDG-Accel China Funds and Facebook Seed Fund.
Mr. Breyer is also on the Board of the Associates of the Harvard Business School, Pacific Community Ventures, Stanford Technology Ventures Program and Technet, and is a trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and of the Menio School.
In addition, Mr. Breyer is chairman of the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund.