Jim is the Founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, a family office/venture capital firm based in Austin, TX. As a lead investor and Director, many of his investments have returned well over 100 times their cost, and over a dozen more have returned well over 25 times their cost. Jim has served on the Board of Directors of Blackstone since 2016. He has previously served as an investor and/or lead Director at Circle (which completed its initial public offering in June 2025), Facebook/Meta, Dell, Etsy, Legendary Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Spotify, Walmart, and 21st Century Fox, as well as many others. Jim was a co-founder and investment committee member of Accel-KKR.

Over the past several years, Jim has developed a deep personal and investment interest in teams working in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum technologies, and he has made over 20 investments in this space since 2015. Jim’s investment interests have centered on collaborating and deepening ties with many of the world’s leading universities in the United States, including Stanford, Harvard, MIT, UCSF, the University of Texas at Austin, and several others that have deep expertise in technologies at the intersection of AI, the life sciences, and quantum sciences. In 2025, Breyer Capital partnered with Harvard Medical School’s Department of Biomedical Informatics to support AI-driven precision medicine, further strengthening Jim’s commitment to fostering innovation in these fields.

Jim received his BS from Stanford University and his MBA from Harvard University, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar (top 5%).

Gabe is a General Partner at B Capital, a global multi-stage venture capital firm with over $9B in AUM cofounded by Eduardo Saverin. He brings nearly 20 years of experience investing globally in transformative technology companies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, enterprise software, and legacy industry disruption.

He has an investment portfolio that spans AI, Enterprise, Industrial/Manufacturing, Healthcare and Financial Technologies. Bringing a vast network of corporate and entrepreneurial relationships, Gabe has had success helping founders deploy next generation technologies, which has resulted in significant multiples of invested capital in value creation and realized exits Prior to joining B Capital, Gabe was a Partner with Pritzker Group Venture Capital, founded by JB and Tony Pritzker, where he was responsible for building the firm’s west coast office presence and operations. He is also a founder of two companies, both with successful exits.

Gabe is currently a Foundation Board Trustee for the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA), and is a Member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He has been named to Chicago Crain’s Tech50 and TechWeek’s Tech100 and Builtworlds Mavericks 50, and has served multiple years as a judge for EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Los Angeles. He holds a JD-MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, and a BA with honors from Washington University in St. Louis.

Candice Beaumont serves as Executive Chairman of the Salsano Group. She oversees all capital allocation decisions for the internal funds as well as the direct investment portfolio. Ms. Beaumont has been a speaker at numerous family office and investment conferences globally and is a NYU Stern Family Office Council member serving on the Steering Committee. She also served on the Steering Committee of the Yale University School of Management College of Family Offices, as well as the Princeton University Council of Family Offices and Endowments.

Ms. Beaumont is a member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies including Clean Earth Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: CLINU), Israel Acquisitions Corp (Nasdaq: ISRLU) is an Advisor to Athena Technology Acquisition Corp (NYSE: ATHN.U) and Advisor to Springwater Situations Corp. (NASDAQ: SWSSU). She also serves on the board of GoLogiq, Inc. (OTC: GOLQ), a U.S.-based global provider of fintech and consumer data analytics. Candice is an Advisory Board member of the Family Office Association, a global membership organization exclusive to single family offices and families of significant wealth, as well as a Committee member of the 1640 Society that caters to single family offices & ultra high net worth families.

Candice was a member of the Board of Directors of I2BF Venture Fund II, a DFSA regulated clean tech venture capital firm with offices in Dubai, New York, & London as well as an Advisory Board member of The Luxury Fund. She was also advisor to New Frontier Bio, a private investment arm of the Kennedy family, which co-founds, develops, and finances early stage innovative healthcare companies that have the potential to achieve validation, by transforming millions of lives and creating highly valuable businesses.

Ms. Beaumont remains committed to community and philanthropic causes and serves on the International Council of Advisors for Global Dignity, a charity founded by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway to foster global respect and dignity across all borders, genders religions & races.  She has also previously served on the Board of Directors of Most Valuable Kids of Greater New York Inc., a charity that helps reward and inspire underprivileged children by getting them access to sports events, as well as Care for Kenya.  She is a member of Athletes for Hope, a charity that helps athletes make a difference off the field with charitable endeavors, and has spent her time on the tennis court helping less fortunate children.  She is also a part of the Academy of The Global Teacher Prize, founded by the Varkey Foundation.  Candice is a member of the Milken Institute after being part of the Milken Young Leaders Circle as well as an active member of Young Presidents Organization.

Candice Beaumont has well over a decade of experience in the investment business. She started her career in Corporate Finance at Merrill Lynch.  Ms. Beaumont worked as an investment banker at Lazard Frères for several years, executing over $20 billion of merger and acquisition advisory assignments.  She left Lazard to work as a private equity principal at Argonaut Capital, where she was responsible for all aspects of new investment execution for the firm and its portfolio companies.  Ms. Candice Beaumont attended Rice University, and obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Miami, graduating first in her class with a major of International Finance & Marketing.  Candice was Captain of the Miami Varsity Tennis team earning Academic All American honors and is also a former world ranked professional tennis player.  She completed Global Leadership & Public Policy for the 21st Century at Harvard Kennedy School in 2015.  Candice was honored by Trusted Insight as one of the Top 30 Chief Investment Officers in 2017 & as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014.

Sheikha Alanoud bint Hamad Al-Thani served on the board of directors of the Qatar Financial Centre and was appointed as the centre’s chief business officer and deputy chief executive officer in 2023.

She was appointed Managing Director of Business Development at the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority in September 2017. Previously, she held the roles of Vice President of Strategic Alliances, CEO Office and Associate Director of Economic Affairs for the MENA region.

Prior to joining the QFC, Alanoud served as the Qatar Country Director for Silatech, a Qatar-based social initiative that connects young people to employment opportunities across the Arab region. She has also held other positions working with various UN agencies and international organisations specialising in issues covering economic development, focusing on education, private sector development, and youth employment. She has authored numerous reports on the subject matters.

Alanoud has been a board member of a number of organizations, including Vice Chair for the Bedaya Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Guidance, Tomouh, How Women Work, i2Co School of Transformative Leadership, Qatar-UK Alumni Board – British Council, and Future Foreign Policy in the UK. She is currently a Global Ambassador for Qatar for Women Entrepreneurship Day, Qatar Chair for Global Dignity, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community.

A recipient of Honours and Awards including Young Arab Achiever in 2011, and His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani Education Excellence Awards in 2008 and 2012.

She graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science and Oxford University and holds an Executive Education from the Qatar Leadership Centre Rising Leaders’ Programme.

In March 2021, she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2022, she was a recipient of the Arab Woman of the Year Award and was named by Forbes as one of the 50 Most Powerful Businesswomen in the Middle East and North Africa.

Abdiel Santiago has over 20 years of financial experience in the financial sector, including equity investment research, investment banking, restructuring, and financial regulation. Santiago is currently the Secretariat (CEO / CIO) of the Fondo de Ahorro de Panamá (Sovereign Wealth Fund of Panama), where he provides executive leadership to the Fund’s Board of Directors, and management of the nation’s ~$1.4bn investment vehicle for intergenerational wealth-creation. Prior to his current role, he was an equity investment research executive at Morgan Stanley in New York covering the energy sector ($70 bn in market cap.) and worked in teams that consistently ranked No. 1 in equity research. Santiago served as a financial analyst at the US Securities & Exchange Commission overseeing financial/regulatory matters at broker-dealers and asset managers and served in the US Air Force.
Santiago is currently a Board Leadership Fellow with The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Washington, D.C. He received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver.

Andrew Owens, CFA, FRM is a Managing Director at General Electric Investment Management which manages the GE Pension. He is responsible for Investment Strategy, Asset Allocation, Risk Management, and Portfolio Management. Prior to joining GE in 2020, Andrew was a Senior Portfolio Management Executive at the Saudi Aramco Pension (Wisayah) and advisor to Middle Eastern regional institutions including the Abu Dhabi Pension (ADRPBF) and Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund (PIF). Andrew began his career in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and spent nearly two decades on Wall Street developing expertise in multi-asset portfolio and risk management. He received his MBA from Columbia Business School and an MS and AB from Stanford University.

Dylan Taylor is the chairman and CEO of Voyager Space Holdings. He is former global president of Colliers International, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the World. In this capacity he has responsibility for over 18,000 employees in 68 countries and revenues in excess of US$2B. In addition, according to the BBC, Scientific American and CBS, Dylan is the leading expert on private space investment. A founding partner of the Space Angels Network, Dylan speaks regularly on matters regarding the future of the space industry and the space economy. Dylan is a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a Delphi Fellow of Big Think and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and an engineering degree (Tau Beta Pi) with honors.

Enric Sala is a former university professor who saw himself writing the obituary of ocean life and quit academia to become a full-time conservationist as a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. Founded and leads Pristine Seas, a project that combines exploration, research and media to inspire country leaders to protect the last wild places in the ocean. To date, Pristine Seas has helped to create 22 of the largest marine reserves on the planet, covering an area of 5.8 million square km. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Member of the Board: Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation; Global Fishing Watch; the National Aquarium. Advises international organizations and governments. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Recipient of many honours, including: 2013 Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Award; 2016 Russian Geographical Society Award; 2018 Heinz Award in Public Policy.

Vikas Pota is Chairman, Varkey Foundation, a family foundation seeking to improve global teacher capacity and promote universal access to quality education. As its founding Chief Executive Officer, spearheaded the training of over 25,000 teachers and has pioneered an innovative technology platform to reach marginalized girls in sub-Saharan Africa as well as addressing the refugee crisis using this same platform; has designed a leadership programme for school directors in Argentina; convenes the Global Education & Skills Forum; and organizes the Global Teacher Prize, which seeks to celebrate the achievement of classroom teachers and uplift the status of the profession. Visiting Practitioner in Education, Harvard University; Honorary Lecturer, UCL Institute of Education; Policy Leaders Fellow, Centre for Science & Policy, Cambridge University; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader for work in education. Recipient, Honorary Doctorate (2016); listed by London’s Evening Standard newspaper on the Progress 1000 list of most influential Londoners (2016).

Yan Yanovskiy has more than 20 years of experience in investment banking and private equity. Founder and Managing Partner of a leading multifamily office in Eastern Europe – First Nation Societe Bancaire. Co-founder and Board Member of Bioenergy Corporation. Co-founder of World One Partners (W1). Member of Expert Council of Russian Agency for Strategic Initiatives. Young Global Leaders Community of the World Economic Forum, founding curator of WEF Global Shapers Community. Member of the Management Board, Hospice Charity Foundation “Vera”. Co-founder of “Friends” Foundation. Country Chair, Global Dignity.

Dr. Andres Simon Gonzalez-Silen is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Venemergencia, a conglomerate dedicated to provide health services in Venezuela.

Established in 2004, Venemergencia employs +300 Venezuelans and serves more than 3.5 Million affiliates nationwide on a 24 hour basis. It is composed of five companies and one non-profit organization. The companies focus on emergency medical services; homecare; clinical laboratory; primary care; and technology for telemedicine and mobile health. The non-profit organization educates paramedics in association with the Universidad Simón Bolívar and establishes emergency medical brigades in shantytowns, as a means for developing a sustainable model of emergency care for vulnerable communities.
Dr. Gonzalez-Silen holds an M.D. degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, an M.B.A. from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), and a certificate in occupational health from the Universidad J.A. Páez. During medical school, he gained accreditations as a Paramedic in courses sponsored by the American Heart Association. Lastly, he attended an entrepreneurship short-program at Babson College in the US.

His achievements have been recognised by his induction into the prestigious Forum of “Young Global Leaders-YGL” were he is a member of the Advisory Board and “Global Shapers” from the World Economic Forum, were he was invited to attend the Annual Meeting in Davos 2015, he is an “Influential Leader” of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, “Young Presidents Organization-YPO” 2015, a “Millenium Leader 50-ML50” from the Group of Fifty (G50), “Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014” from Venezuela Sin Limites and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and was recognised as one of the “50 Influential Leaders of IESA” in Venezuela and was invited included into the “Hall of Fame for IESA Entrepreneurs”. More recently he has been honoured with hierarchy of “Major” in the National Firefighter Squad.

He has also been appointed as member of the Board in different organizations: Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración-IESA, Young Global Leaders-Advisory Board (World Economic Forum), Venezuela Sin Límites Foundation (Digitel), Alcarín Group, Salsano Group, Advisory Council of Health of the El Hatillo-Caracas Municipality, Goodwill, Global Dignity and the National Transplant Organization of Venezuela-ONTV.