what does it mean to be a board member [linkedin] ??

Sometimes when I'm browsing people on linkedin (i.e. stalking) I see that they are board members of like 10+ companies. Generally these people are working in some sort of venture capital/private equity capacity and I would guestimate they are maybe early 30s...

Are these companies they are board members of their portcos/companies they have invested in ?? 

- I think I definitely saw it with people in VC ... and pretty sure in PE as well but I may be mistaken

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Yeah usually if you are VP+ you get a board seat on portcos you close/cover. Putting all of them on LinkedIn is just a way to stroke one's own ego, IMHO.

 

Sometimes people just forget to update their LinkedIns because they don’t use it often. Alternatively, the fund may have only sold a large portion of their investment and may retain some control

 

Accidentally made this a new comment:

They wouldn't - I assume on LinkedIn these folks had end dates for their tenure as well or never updated it. Board/Governance structure is always a key deal point and who appoints the directors/whose interests the directors represent is usually according to control and/or ownership percentage

 

They wouldn't - I assume on LinkedIn these folks had end dates for their tenure as well or never updated it. Board/Governance structure is always a key deal point and who appoints the directors/whose interests the directors represent is usually according to control and/or ownership percentage

 

Do they receive the associated board related compensation? At my school various big shot professors may sit on publicly traded company boards and be paid 100k+ annually just for sitting on some meetings every year

 

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