# Bill Meehan

> Bill Meehan is a seed investor at Stanford Graduate School of Business backing Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stanford Graduate School of Business](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stanford-graduate-school-of-business)
- Location: Stanford, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2010
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-f-meehan-iii-1aa151149/

Bill Meehan is a seed investor at Stanford Graduate School of Business in Stanford focused on Software and Data Center. William F. Meehan III is a Lecturer in Strategic Management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company. He is a sought-after writer, speaker, teacher and advisor on strategy, leadership, governance, and per­formance measurement for non-profit organizations and philanthropists. He isco-author, with Kim Starkey Jonker, of a forthcoming book from Stanford University Press on those topics.At Stanford, he also is a founding member of the Advisory Council of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, a faculty member of the Public Management Program and the Center for Social Innovation, and a member of the Arts Advisory Council. He developed and teaches a pioneering course in frontier markets private equity and helped launch and shape the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (SEED). He is a regular contributor to the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In addition, he is an active mentor to students, nonprofit leaders and others. He has advised the University’s Board of Trustees and several other areas of the University.He serves on the Board of GiveDirectly, and the North American Council of Ashoka. A committed supporter of the arts and advisor to arts organizations, he is also a long-serving board member of the San Francisco Symphony and a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Endowment Board. He is a Special Advisor to King Philanthropies, Equal Opportunity Schools, the San Francisco Opera, and, formerly, Embrace.He is former Chair of the United Way of the Bay Area, Chairman Emeritus of Guidestar, a former member of the board of Fordham Prep, the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy (STEP), and the California Roundtable.Meehan retired from McKinsey & Company in December 2008 after a career of over 30 years. His focus at McKinsey was working with chief executives in technology, private equity, and other industries on topics of top management strategy, organization, and leadership. During his tenure, he mentored more than a dozen new CEOs and helped them shape their agendas. In addition to his service to clients, he held many leadership roles within the Firm. As a member of the Shareholders’ Council (McKinsey’s board), he was Chair of the Client Committee and of the McKinsey Investment Office, which oversees more than $8 billion in investments. He was also Vice-Chair of the Directors Review Committee; founder and leader of the Private Equity Practice; Chair of the West Coast Practice; and Managing Director of the San Francisco Office.Meehan is a Director for Big Switch and a former Director of Juniper Networks and Westward Leaning.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Data Center | 1 | 100% |
| Network Security | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Big Switch Networks | Big Switch Networks is the Cloud-First Networking company, bringing public cloud-style networking and hybrid cloud consistency to organizations around the world. The company provides data center switching, monitoring, visibility and security solutions for on-premises enterprise cloud, public cloud and multi-cloud environments that enable companiesof all sizes to dramatically increase operational efficiency, increase business agility, and reduce networking costs. Big Switch was founded in 2010, with roots in the original Stanford research team that invented software-defined networking. Big Switch has strategic partnerships with Dell EMC, HPE and Edgecore, delivering innovative software on industry-standard open networking hardware. Since its founding the company has been an active member and contributor to multiple open source communities. Big Switch Networks is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with a dedicated presence across more than 25 countries. To learn more: www.bigswitch.com | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 01, 2010 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Morgenthaler Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgenthaler-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Stanford Graduate School of Business

VC Fund · Stanford, United States

Stanford GSB is a business management school that creates ideas that deepen and advance understanding of management. It offers a general management Master of Business Administration degree, a full-time twelve-month MS in Management for mid-career executives, and a Ph.D. program, along with a number of joint degrees with other schools at StanfordUniversity including Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law and Medicine. The Stanford Graduate School of Business was established in 1925 in Stanford, California. It currently has 114 acedemic staff, 2,284 students, 101 doctoral students, and 882 postgraduate students.

5 contacts available at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Baba Shiv | Professor of Marketing | — |
| Bill Meehan | Raccoon Partners Lecturer in Strategic Management | — |
| Deepti Pahwa | Executive Educator and Coach | — |
| Franklin Johnson | Lecturer - Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pitch-johnson |
| Greg Waldorf | Lecturer in Management, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-waldorf |

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## FAQ

### What does Bill Meehan invest in?

Bill Meehan invests primarily in Software, Data Center and Network Security startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Bill Meehan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bill Meehan closed in Jul 2010. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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