Ben Liao

Parnassus Investments is an investment advidsory firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1984 by Jerome Dodson and is a subsidiary of Parnassus Investments LLC, ultimately owned by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). Parnassus Investments provides investment advice to investment companies and separately manage institutional accounts.

Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC (SHGA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded in 1982 by Jane Williams. SHGA provides investment management and wealth management services to high net-worth individuals, families, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, and business entities.

3PAR, Inc. provides utility storage solutions. It also provides platform for the delivery of enterprise IT as a utility service. The company was founded by Jeffrey Price and Ashok Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Silicon Graphics International Corp. provided technical computing solutions. The firm also engaged in the developing, marketing, and selling of broad line servers, enterprise-class storage hardware, differentiating software and designed to order solutions for large-scale deployments. It offers installation, support, customer education and professional services. The company was founded in 1999 by Jim Clark and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.