Jeff Eggers

Former Special Advisor to US President Obama for National Security Affairs, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of RSquared Ventures

Jeff Eggers is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Rsquared Ventures, an early-stage venture fund accelerating the frontier technologies most critical to western security and resilience.  

Jeff is co-author of the U.S. best-selling book “Leaders: Myth and Reality” and formerly served as the Executive Director of the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute, where he led research and client training on human and organizational performance. Previously in public service, Jeff served as a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and worked at the White House in 2006-2007 and again 2010-2015.  In 2014 President Obama presented Jeff with the Samuel Nelson Drew Award for “Distinguished Contribution in Pursuit of Global Peace.” Jeff served in the U.S. Navy as a SEAL Officer and is a Director for the non-profit organizations the Special Operations Fund and the Risk and Return Foundation.  

He holds an M.A. from Oxford University and a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy.

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