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Frank M. Sands, CFA

Chief Investment Officer
Chief Executive Officer

Joined Sands Capital

Re-joined in 2000

Work Experience

Sands Capital (2004 - 2008)
Arlington, VA | President, Director of Research

Sands Capital (2000 - 2004)
Arlington, VA | Managing Director, Director of Research, Sr. Portfolio Manager

Fayez Sarofim & Co. (1994 - 2000)
Houston, TX | Research Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Principal

Sands Capital (1992)
Arlington, VA | Assistant to the President

Walker & Dunlop (1989 - 1991)
Washington, DC | Commercial Real Estate Leasing and Sales

Education

University of Virginia (1994)
MBA | Darden School

Johns Hopkins University (1993)
MS | Real Estate Finance & Development

Washington & Lee University (1989)
BA | Economics

Frank joined Sands Capital at its founding in 1992, serving as an assistant to the President, Frank Sands, Sr., CFA. Frank re-joined the firm in 2000 as Director of Research and Sr. Co-Portfolio Manager of the Select Growth strategy. In 2008, Frank became Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the firm. Prior to re-joining Sands Capital, Frank spent six years as a Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Fayez Sarofim & Co., an institutional investment management firm based in Houston. Frank earned a BA from Washington & Lee University (1989), an MS from Johns Hopkins University (1993) and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia (1994).

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Sands Capital is an active, long-term investor in leading innovative growth businesses, globally. Our approach combines analytical rigor and creative thinking to identify high-quality growth businesses that are creating the future. Through an integrated investment platform spanning venture capital, growth equity and public equity, we provide growth capital solutions to institutions and fund sponsors in more than 40 countries.

An independent, staff-owned firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with offices in London and Singapore, Sands Capital managed more than $51 billion in client assets as of June 30, 2023.

For institutional and professional investors only. Investment advisory fees are described in Part II of the adviser’s Form ADV.
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