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Paul Sagan

American businessman

Paul Sagan (born 1959) is an American businessman and special advisor and former managing director at General Catalyst Partners. A three-time Emmy award winner for broadcast journalism in New York, Sagan began his career at WCBS-TV as a news writer and news director.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Paul Sagan (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1959.¹

About

Joining Time Warner to design and launch NY1, in 1995 he was named president and editor of new media at Time Inc. Sagan joined Akamai Technologies in 1998, becoming CEO in 2005. In 2014, he became a venture capitalist at General Catalyst Partners. He became chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2015.

From Wikipedia’s article on Paul Sagan, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

OktaBoard member Dec 22, 2025 to now⁷
ModernaBoard member 2018 to now⁸
VMwareBoard member Apr 14, 2014 to Nov 22, 2023⁹
Catalyst Partners Acquisition Corp.Board member May 17, 2021 to Feb 9, 2023¹⁰
Catalyst Partners Acquisition Corp.President May 17, 2021 to Feb 9, 2023¹⁰
Akamai TechnologiesBoard member Jan 11, 2006 to May 17, 2019¹¹
iRobotBoard member Feb 5, 2010 to Jun 9, 2015¹²
Akamai TechnologiesChief executive officer Jan 11, 2006 to Dec 20, 2012¹¹
Akamai TechnologiesPresident Jan 11, 2006 to Dec 20, 2012¹¹

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

Moderna MRNA167,155 shares¹³$37.9M at $226.67Mar 4, 2025
VMware VMW0 shares¹⁴Nov 22, 2023

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

Mar 3, 2025Bought 31,620 shares at $31.76 of Moderna¹³
Nov 22, 2023Returned to company 1,482 shares of VMware¹⁴
Nov 22, 2023Returned to company 22,911 shares of VMware¹⁴
Jul 13, 2023Granted 1,976 shares of VMware¹⁵
Jul 12, 2022Granted 2,275 shares of VMware¹⁶
Apr 28, 2022Exercised options 703 shares of Moderna¹⁷
Oct 13, 2021Sold 2,250 shares at $314.90 of Moderna¹⁸

Early life and education

Date not recordedMedill School of Journalism³
Date not recordedNorthwestern University³

Career

Occupation: businessperson.⁵

Since 2018Board member, Moderna⁴

Media and news

Upon graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Sagan began his career at WCBS-TV as a news writer. He was named news director in 1987.

In 1991, he joined Time Warner to design and launch NY1. In 1995 he was named president and editor of new media at Time Inc., a position he held until 1997.

From 1997 to 1998 Sagan served as senior adviser to the World Economic Forum.

Akamai

Sagan joined Akamai Technologies in October 1998 as chief operating officer, became president the following year in 1999.

He was elected to the Akamai board of directors in January 2005, and would serve as the executive vice chairman of Akamai Technologies.

He became CEO in April 2005. During his tenure, he oversaw a number of acquisitions. He was succeeded as Akamai CEO by Akamai co-founder Tom Leighton on January 1, 2013.

General Catalyst

In January 2014, he became a venture capitalist at General Catalyst Partners in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He became a partner at the firm. He kept his role as vice chairman of Akamai's board.

Moderna

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Sagan served as a member of the Board of Directors at Moderna as the company was working on vaccines. He joined the Board when the company was still private in 2018.