Ken Eldred has founded many successful companies including Ariba Technologies,  

Prior to Ariba Technologies, Mr. Eldred founded several other companies as well,  including ClickAction  (Formerly Mysoftware Co.) which went public in 1994 and Norm Thompson Outfitters, Inc., a direct mail, consumer specialty retailer of high-quality merchandise.  He also helped found and remains on the board of advisors at Crosspoint Venture Partners, ranked the leading venture capital organization in the United States by Forbes magazine (Ariba, Brocade, Foundry Networks, Juniper Networks, among others). Most recently he helped found Epicenter Technologies, a fast growing service center in Mumbai, India and serves as a director.  In 1988 the Institute of American Entrepreneurs named Ken Eldred Retail Entrepreneur of the Year for the San Francisco Bay Area and he is a past member of the Young President’s Organization.  He has also been involved politically serving on the Finance Committee for the George W. Bush Campaign in 2000 and supporting candidates that support Free Enterprise and Judeo-Christian Principles. 

Currently Mr. Eldred  is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Living Stones Foundation, a public support organization created by Mr. and Mrs. Eldred with approaching nearly $100 million in assets for the purposes of supporting Christian work and charity around the world.  He focuses on charitable projects and providing services to Christian organizations as a board member or as an independent advisor.  He is a Visiting Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and has served on the Board of Trustees for Regent University, including the Executive Committee.  He was also appointed by Dr. David Yonggi Cho as an elder in Seoul, South Korea at the world’s largest church  with over 750,000 members and he leads a weekly Bible study for business leaders in Silicon Valley, which he started over 10 years ago.  

In addition to his business and charitable activities, Ken Eldred has authored a book "God is at Work" and co-edited another "On Kindgom Business" which discuss in depth how business leaders around the world are having some of the best impact on developing nations on almost every front, from economic to social to spiritual.  He has conducted a number of seminars and speeches sharing some of his exciting research and encouraging those with gifts in business to realize the full potential of such gifts

                           

Ken Eldred was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area of California and graduated from Stanford University in California with both an undergraduate degree in Political Science and a Masters in Business Administration.  During his education, he spent several years studying in France and Switzerland, and speaks French.

Mr. Eldred and his wife Roberta currently reside in Silicon Valley, California, and have 3 sons and 4 grandchildren.

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