M A Puff

CEO & Founder

About

CEO & Venture Capital impact investor, Global Strategist, serial entrepreneur. Proven track record in identifying/investing early in best-in-class tech to build firms from the ground up: NASA Satellite software, AI, IT, FinTech, Water/Agro, biotech, energy. Solving large complex global problems while doing good. Philanthropy / pro bono 5 continents. Led global expansion strategies + M&A of Fortune 500s, FTSEs, 80 CVC acquisitions, 18 IPO exits. Built Tech Portfolios for Chase Manhattan Head of Private Banking; Merrill Lynch Wall St Investment Bank Partner Founder family; Geneva Private Bank, Chairman Cramer & Cramer Banque (1709); NY-Newport direct descendent of Founder of Bank of NY ($44 Trillion aum 2022). Originated Newport-NY syndicates, invested early (Apple at nadir 1997 as Wall Street predicted bankruptcy, first to hit market cap of $1 Trillion 2018, today $3T, projected $4 Trillion by Morgan Stanley) Strategist to 6 unicorns ($1B+); my first new venture in Saudi Arabia Almarai age 25 (60B) + 6 decacorns ($10B value), investor in 2 hectocorns $100B value (+2 pending), startups from 0 now global behemoths with market caps larger than many country GDPs.

Country

United States

City

Newport

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Skill

International Finance, Global Strategy, Multilateral Negotiations, New Venture Startups, Sourcing of Global Capital including SWFs, Private Equity, Finance, Launching New Technology Ventures, New Ventures, FinTech, Satellite, Technology, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance, Negotiation, Aerospace, Fundraising, Executive Management, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), IPO

Experience

CEO & Founder

Founder & GP of Windermere Global Technology Portfolios. AINE. AMAAL

2001-10 - Present · 25 yrs

Newport Rhode Island 02840

Global Investor, CEO & Advisor to new technology ventures, growth firms: Satellite software/AI upstream exploration of natural resources/water (NASA), fintech, energy, biotech, advanced mfg construction. Built Global Portfolios for Private Investors. 30+ yrs GCC royals, Fortune 100s, FTSEs, syndicates, Family Offices, private equity + co-investor with private investors in GCC, US, Europe, China.

Private Equity Investor with Global Impact Investors

Global Impact Investor managing portfolios

2001-10 - Present · 25 yrs

Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Investor & Strategist in New Venture Investee firms

International Technology Development, 1 World Trade Center NY NY

1981-10 - 2001-9 · 20 yrs

NY NY

Strategist to 74 of largest US Fortune 500s, FTSEs; Investor & Strategist to Silicon Valley early startups; Arab Gulf royals in Almarai, #1 turnkey dairy in world, 1st Arab brand to expand Pan-GCC, 7th largest IPO in Kingdom, #1 in all 6 countries in dominant market share, 0 to 60 Billion KSA. Tech Transfer to Arab Gulf 30+ years in Turnkey Tech, Agro, Clean Energy, Aerospace, Financial Services, Advanced Mfg, Mining, Environmental Medicine.

Management Consultant

Resource Planning Associates RPA: McKinsey & BCG Founders/Harvard MBAs/US Naval Academy

1979-9 - 1981-9 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Harvard Square Cambridge, Silicon Valley Sand Hill Road, London, Paris, DC

Global strategy in Energy, Natural Resources, Technology for Fortune 500s, FTSEs, govt agencies, startups: Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell, IBM, Axa Finance, HSBC, Chase Manhattan, Rolls Royce, Baker Hughes, Gulfstream, Mercedes, Mobil, Petrobras, Ford, BMW, Bechtel, Occidental, Marathon, BP, Chevon, Total, Elf, ENI, Chrysler, ConocoPhillips, DOE, DOI, DOA, FERC, UNDP, Halliburton, Schlumberger, NASA, Livermore National Laboratory, AMOCO, more.

Global Corporate Strategy

Cargill, Inc $138 Billion USD Largest Private US Firm

1978-1 - 1980-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Minnetonka MN

US-Geneva: Russian Embargo; White House, Testimony to Volcker Chair Federal Reserve for CFO, Economist. Cargill, largest private US firm $138B held by 2 families. NY headhunter recruited me at Cargill under national search for Harvard Square global strategy firm, founded by Harvard MBAs of McKinsey and BCG, and after being selected, my performance ranked #1 of 135 Management Consultant MBAs in terms of revenues generated by corporate clients, agencies, technology ventures.

Investment Equity Analyst

Chase Manhattan Head of Private Banking's Private Portfolio Advisor

1977-1 - 1979-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Switzerland-Liechtenstein

Identified dealflow, structured deals, negotiated co-investors to launch new technology ventures in energy, internet, organics, wind/solar, education for private Portfolio of Head of Private Banking, Chase Manhattan Bank, Patrick Healy MBA, who reported directly to Chairman David Rockefeller.