Primary Job Title Vice Chairman Primary Organization William Blair
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
E. David Coolidge, III, Vice Chairman of William Blair & Company, joined the firm in 1969. Mr. Coolidge, who was CEO from 1995 until January 2004 and also manager of the firm’s Corporate Finance department from 1977-1994, formerly was a director of the Securities Industry Association and served as governor of the National Association of
Securities Dealers.
After earning a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate Business School of Administration, he served in the Peace Corps in Columbia, South America, from 1967-1969. He serves on the boards of Shields Meneley Partners and Duluth Trading Co.
Mr. Coolidge is a trustee of the University of Chicago, and Rush University Medical Center; and a Trustee Emeritus of Williams College, the Better Government Association and Youth Guidance. Mr. Coolidge has given several speeches around the country and is featured in three recently published business books, “Investment Leadership,” by James Ware, “This Isn’t the Company I Joined,” by Carol Kinsey Goman and “Kellogg on Branding,” edited by Alice M. Tybout and Tim Calkins.
