Mark Leslie

Mark Leslie is the managing director of Leslie Ventures, a private investment company, in addition to his work as a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mark was the founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VERITAS Software. During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer, the company went from 12 employees to 5,500 employees deployed globally, and from a revenue base of $95,000 per year to $1.5 billion per year. In 2000 VERITAS was the tenth largest independent software company by revenue, third largest by market capitalization, and achieved the distinction of becoming a Fortune 1000 company. Prior to VERITAS, Mark served as President and Chief Executive Officer of two Silicon Valley high-tech start up companies and has experience in both engineering and sales in the computer industry.

Mark currently serves on the boards of Network Appliance and a number of privately held high technology corporations, including Cassatt Software, db4objects, Model N Software, SugarCRM and Xsigo Corporation. He also serves on the board of Overseers for the New York University Faculty of Arts and Sciences and is the Chairman of the New York University Science Advisory Board.

Mark received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics and mathematics from New York University and completed Harvard Business School's program for management development.