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'''Rob Chandra''' (1965 or 1966 – October 19 or 20, 2019) was an [[Indian-American]] venture capitalist.<ref name="Cal obit">{{Cite news|last=Young|first=Maria|date=2019-10-28|title='A strong leader': UC Berkeley professor Rob Chandra dies at 53|url=https://www.dailycal.org/2019/10/28/a-strong-leader-uc-berkeley-professor-rob-chandra-dies-at-53/|access-date=2021-01-23|work=[[The Daily Californian]]|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
After graduating in 1988 from [[UC Berkeley]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in economics and receiving his [[MBA]] from [[Harvard School of Business]],<ref name="IndiaWest obit">{{Cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=2019-11-04|title=Top Venture Capitalist and UC Berkeley Professor Rob Chandra Dies Unexpectedly at Age 53|url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/top-venture-capitalist-and-uc-berkeley-professor-rob-chandra-dies-unexpectedly-at-age-53/article_4861f2f6-fe0a-11e9-9d30-0b7440d5a352.html|access-date=2021-01-23|website=India West|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Haas obit">{{Cite web|title=Rob Chandra, BA 88 (Economics)|url=https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/winter2019-20/rob-chandra-ba-88-economics/|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Haas News {{!}} Berkeley Haas|language=en-US}}</ref> he oversaw Bessemer Venture Partners's investments in India.<ref name="Reuters 2012">{{Cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=2012-07-31|title=Bessemer Venture's Rob Chandra leaves to start hedge fund|language=en|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/bessemer-chandra-idUSL2E8IV0AR20120731|access-date=2021-01-23}}</ref> He then left that position and in 2012, started Avid Park, a [[hedge fund]] focused on the technology sector.<ref name="Reuters 2012" /> His accomplishments as a [[venture capitalist]] landed him on the ''Forbes'' [[Midas List]].<ref name="Cal obit" /> Chandra eventually returned to his alma mater to teach entrepreneurship at its [[Haas School of Business]].<ref name="Cal obit" /> The school awarded him the Earl F. Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award twice and named him a Distinguished Teaching Fellow.<ref name="Fiat Lux">{{Cite web|title=In Memoriam: Rob Chandra|url=https://fiatlux.org/news/2019/11/26/in-memoriam-rob-chandra|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Fiat Lux Foundation|date=26 November 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Chandra died over the weekend of October 19, 2019.<ref name="IndiaWest obit" /> The [[Haas School of Business]] established the Rob Chandra Memorial Fund for Teaching Excellence in his memory.<ref name="Haas obit" /><br />
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