Primary Job Title Board Member Primary Organization 
Columbia Lake Partners
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Ken Wilcox served as Chairman of Silicon Valley Bank and was the first President of SPD Silicon Valley Bank.
Ken Wilcox was previously the CEO of SVB Financial Group. In that role, he successfully pursued a strategy of expansion and diversification, while remaining focused on the group’s core niches of technology, life sciences, venture capital
and premium wineries.
Ken Wilcox is a member of the Asia Society, the Equilibrium Capital Group, and the Young Adult and Family Center at the University of California, San Francisco. He is also an executive committee and board member of the Bay Area Council and an adjunct professor at Fudan University in Shanghai. Earlier in his career, Ken Wilcox was a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2006 to 2012.
In 2008, Ken Wilcox was named “Banker of the Year” by American Banker. He earned the distinction of “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young in 2009 and in 2010. The Yangpu District of Shanghai has also honored Ken Wilcox with an “Innovation Contributor Award”. In 2013, the Shanghai Municipal Government presented Ken Wilcox with the “Magnolia Silver Award”, a municipal honor given to expatriates for their outstanding contribution to the city's economic, social or cultural development.
Ken Wilcox earned a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.
