David Evans Shaw

Who is David Evans Shaw?

David E. Shaw is an American managing partner of Black Point Group, with wide ranging interests in technology companies and public service.

His business experience includes IDEXX Laboratories Inc, Ikaria Pharma, Sapphire Energy, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Direct Vet Marketing, Itaconix, Skinetics, Cytyc, Magen BioScience, Physion, and others. He served as partner at Venrock Associates, a venture capital partnership, and has been a senior advisor to a private equity partnership. Shaw was an executive producer of the Oscar nominated film Albert Nobbs. His career has also included public service, management consulting and teaching. Shaw and IDEXX were inducted into the LifeSciences Hall of Fame in 2008. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Colby College in 2012 and was named international sea-keeper of the year in 2013.

Recently he has served on the faculty of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, the advisory board of the school's Center for Public Leadership and the selection committee for America's Best Leaders.