The Corporation of Brown University

Oliver Haarmann is founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners, a private investment firm with offices in London, New York, Miami and Toronto. Before founding Searchlight, Haarmann enjoyed a successful career as a senior partner of the global investment firm KKR & Co. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history and international relations from Brown in 1990 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1996. He serves as chairman of IntoUniversity, a leading educational access charity that supports more than 60,000 disadvantaged young people annually in the United Kingdom. In addition, he is engaged in various philanthropic activities focused on education and contemporary art.