Charles Ferguson earned a BA in mathematics from U.C. Berkeley and a Ph.D. in political science from MIT; held postdoctoral, visiting scholar, and senior fellow positions at MIT, U.C. Berkeley, and Brookings; founded Vermeer Technologies with Randy Forgaard, sold to Microsoft; directed and produced multiple award-winning documentary films; has written and published five books; is an angel investor with a portfolio of approximately 30 early stage startups, an LP in six venture capital funds, and a GP with Davidovs Venture Collective; is an AI contributor to Project Syndicate; and is now a Venture Partner with EWOR.