"A good name is rather to be had than great riches."
Jeff Sandefer
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Credentials:
- Founded or co-founded five successful companies. Currently manages Sandefer Capital, an energy investment firm
- Named by BusinessWeek as one of the top Entrepreneurship professors in the United States
- MBA Harvard Business School; BS University of Texas
Jeff Sandefer started his first business at age sixteen. After earning an MBA he founded Sandefer Offshore, an oil and gas company that generated hundreds of millions of dollars in profits in less than five years. Today he runs Sandefer Capital, a half-billion dollar energy investment fund.
Over the last thirteen years, Sandefer has worked with entrepreneur-teachers to build a nationally acclaimed entrepreneurship program, winning numerous teaching honors in the process. But ask him about success, and he makes it clear that money and awards aren't what matters.
"My great-grandfather found his calling as president of a small college and is buried on the campus he worked so hard to build. On one side of his tombstone it says: 'If you would see his monument, look around.' This reminds me each of us wants to contribute something meaningful with our lives. On the other side of the tombstone is inscribed 'A good name is rather to be had than great riches.' This reminds me that leading a good life is even more important than what you contribute."
"We want students who have the intelligence and drive to change the world, and the integrity to change it for the better. If we can awaken in each student a sense of their God-given gifts, and help them to use these gifts to make a difference, the Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship will change the world, one student at a time."
