Kevin Landis

Observer, Board of Directors

Kevin Landis is the President and Chairmanof Firsthand Funds, which he co-founded in 1994. One of the nation’s best-known technology investors, Kevin serves as portfolio manager for Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund and Firsthand Technology Leaders Fund. He is also a portfolio co-manager for Firsthand Technology Opportunities Fund.

Mr. Landis, born and raised in Silicon Valley, has over two decades of experience in engineering, market research, product management, and investing in the technology sector. Kevin is a board member at several alternative energy start-up companies, and his vision of giving retail investors access to future energy technologies led to the launch of Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund.

Kevin appears regularly on CNBC, CNBC Asia, and Bloomberg News, and has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Smart Money, Time, and Money magazines. He is also a frequent guest lecturer at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business, sharing his advice not only on technology investments, but also on management and mentoring of technology entrepreneurs.

Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Santa Clara University.