Gerald Risk is Vice-Chairman of Asurion, the world’s largest provider of technology protection services, partnering with the world’s top companies and brands to serve over 200 million customers globally.  Prior to serving as Vice-Chairman, Gerald served as Asurion’s President from 2009 to 2013 and Asurion’s Chief Financial Officer for the 10 years prior to that.
 
Gerald is an active investor and mentor of entrepreneurial leaders in the for-profit and non-profit worlds.  In this capacity, Mr. Risk currently serves on the Board of Directors of Carillon Assisted Living (provider of assisted living services in the Southeast), HealthCPA (provider of medical expense management services for consumers), and QMC Telecom (cell tower operator in Brazil).
 
Prior to joining Asurion, Gerald worked as an investment banker with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in San Francisco, Hong Kong and New York.  Mr. Risk has also worked for Hambrecht and Quist and the private investment arm of Toronto Dominion Capital.
 
Mr. Risk holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and where he served as a case writer for Jack McDonald, the Stanford Investors Professor of Finance.  Mr. Risk also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce with honors from Queen’s University in Canada where he was on the Dean’s List.
 
Mr. Risk lives in the Bay Area with his wife and two sons.