Ramon Martin Chavez (born c. 1964) is an American

investment banker Investment banking pertains to certain activities of a financial services company or a corporate division that consist in advisory-based financial transactions on behalf of individuals, corporations, and governments. Traditionally associated with ...

and entrepreneur. He is vice chairman and partner of

Sixth Street Partners Sixth Street (formerly known as TSSP) is a global investment firm with $60 billion in assets under management. The firm operates nine investment platforms across its growth investing, adjacencies, direct lending, fundamental public strategies, ...

. Previously, he served in a variety of senior roles at Goldman Sachs, including chief information officer (2014–2017), chief financial officer, and global co-head of the firm's Securities Division. Marty was also a partner and member of Goldman's management committee. He was the chief technology officer and co-founder of Quorum Software Systems and CEO and co-founder of Kiodex. He is chairman of the board of computational pharmaceutical company Recursion, Board Observer of biotech compan
Earli
and longevity biopharma company Cambrian Biopharma, and board member of

Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and became the parent company of Google and sev ...

Chavez was appointed president of Harvard University's board of overseers for the 2020–21 academic year.

Early life and education

R. Martin Chavez was born . He is a 10th generation New Mexican on his paternal side. His maternal grandparents were immigrants from Mexico and Spain. His mother is a court stenographer. He grew up in

Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

, New Mexico, with his four siblings. Chavez was educated at the

Albuquerque Academy Albuquerque Academy is an independent, co-educational day school for grades 6-12 located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. It is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest

, graduating in 1981. He entered

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

as a sophomore, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

and a master's degree in

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in 1985. He went on to earn a PhD in medical information sciences from Stanford University.

Career

Chavez started his career in the

Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo Coun ...

. He co-founded Quorum Software Systems in 1989 and served as its chief technology officer from 1989 to 1993. Chavez joined the J. Aron Currency and Commodities Division of Goldman Sachs in 1993, where he was senior energy strat (strategist, or “strat” in Goldman lingo) until 1997. He then joined Credit Suisse Financial Products, where he was the Global Head of Energy Derivatives from 1997 to 2000. He co-founded Kiodex in 2000, and he served as its chief executive officer and chairman until 2004. Chavez re-joined Goldman Sachs in 2005 as managing director in IBD Strats. He was later promoted to Global Co-Head of Securities Division Strats, followed by Global Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Equities Franchise. He served as its chief information officer from 2014 to 2017, when he was succeeded by

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. He served as its deputy chief financial officer until May 2017, when he succeeded

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as its chief financial officer. He was a member of Goldman Sachs' Hispanic/Latino Network and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network. Chavez was among the most senior Latinos on Wall Street, as well as the most senior openly gay executive at Goldman Sachs. In September 2019, Chavez announced his retirement from Goldman Sachs. In May 2021, Chavez announced joining

, a global investment firm, as vice chairman and partner. In July 2022,

appointed Chavez to its board of directors.

Boards

Marty serves on the board of overseers of Harvard University, the Stanford Medicine Board of Fellows, the board of trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study, and the board of directors of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Previously, he served on the board of directors of PNM Resources, Inc., and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). A passionate patron of the Arts, his board membership includes the Friends of the High Line, the Foundation for AIDS Research, and the Santa Fe Opera. Since retiring from Goldman Sachs, Chavez has taken a board observer seat in the early cancer detection and Synthetic Biopsy compan
Earli
and a Board seat and active role in the AI-driven biomedical technology startup Paige. He also joined the board of directors Recursion, a digital biology company industrializing drug discovery. Chavez was elected president of Harvard University's board of overseers for the 2020–21 academic year. He was elected to the Board of Directors of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in 2021.

Personal life

Marty resides in New York City and is the father of two.

References

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