Frank H. Levinson is an American entrepreneur and investor. Levinson is best known for being co-founder (with

Jerry S. Rawls Jerry S. Rawls is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and chairman of Finisar. Biography Early life Jerry Rawls was born in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Bellaire High School in Houston in 1962. He earned hi ...

) of

Finisar Finisar Corporation is a manufacturer of optical communication components and subsystems. The company was founded in April 1987 by Frank Levinson and Jerry Rawls in Menlo Park, California. In November 1999, it went public via an initial public ...

Corporation. Levinson holds a BS in physics from

Butler University Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges: the Lacy School of Business, College of Communic ...

, and a PhD in astronomy from the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

. Levinson is currently the managing director of the early stage fund and incubator Small World Group, and a partner at the venture capital fund Phoenix Venture Partners.

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