Irwin Federman

Irwin Federman (born 1936) is an American businessman, philanthropist and General Partner of U.S. Venture Partners.

Biography Federman was born to a Jewish family in 1936 and graduated with a B.S. in Economics from Brooklyn College. After college, he was awarded the Forbes Gold Medal for attaining the highest grade in California on his CPA exam In 1980, MMI went public. In 1987, in a $442 million stock swap, MMI was merged with Advanced Micro Devices to become the world's largest integrated circuit manufacturer. Federman was appointed Vice Chairman of AMD. he served on the board of directors of the National Venture Capital Association, and served two terms on the Dean's advisory board of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara In 1992, he remarried to Concepcion Socarras,