Marty Chavez

Chavez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.⁠[1]

Chavez earned an A.B. in biochemical sciences and an S.M. in computer science from Harvard University.⁠[2]

Chavez co-founded Quorum Software Systems and served as its chief technology officer until 1993.⁠[1]

Chavez earned a Stanford University Ph.D. in medical information sciences, with research on probabilistic expert systems.⁠[2]

Chavez joined Goldman Sachs’ J. Aron Currency and Commodities Division as a senior energy strat, working there until 1997.⁠[3]

Chavez became global head of energy derivatives at Credit Suisse Financial Products, serving until 2000.⁠[1]

Chavez co-founded Kiodex and served as chief executive until 2004.⁠[1]

Risk-management systems company Kiodex was acquired by SunGard Data Systems.⁠[2]

Chavez returned to Goldman Sachs as a managing director in Investment Banking Division Strats and became a partner in 2006.⁠[3]

Chavez became Goldman Sachs’ chief financial officer after serving as chief information officer.⁠[4]

Goldman Sachs announced that Chavez would become vice chairman and co-head of its Securities Division alongside Ashok Varadhan and Jim Esposito. The firm cited his technology and finance experience as relevant to electronic platforms and capital deployment.⁠[4]

In a Harvard Business School interview, Chavez described the growing overlap between trading and software engineering while emphasizing independent risk valuation and controls. He also discussed opening tools to clients through APIs and the possibility of employees concentrating more on work requiring judgment.⁠[5]

Chavez retired from Goldman Sachs after a career there totaling nearly two decades.⁠[6]

Harvard announced Chavez’s election as president of its Board of Overseers for the 2020–2021 academic year. An Overseer since 2015, he would lead during the final year of his six-year term. The board oversees periodic external assessments of Harvard’s schools and departments.⁠[7]

Chavez became Sixth Street’s vice chairman and partner after serving as a senior adviser from January. The firm described his remit as developing digital capabilities and working on investment themes linking software, AI, healthcare and life sciences.⁠[8]

Alphabet announced that Chavez had joined its board of directors and its Audit and Compliance Committee.⁠[9]

Drawing on his experience, Chavez discussed mentorship and authenticity at work, arguing that varied backgrounds and perspectives can strengthen investment judgment and teamwork. The essay presented his personal views on organizational culture.⁠[10]

Newcomer published Eric Newcomer’s interview with Chavez at the Cerebral Valley AI Summit in London. Topics included AI’s effects on financial work, algorithmic risk and enterprise-software adoption by large institutions.⁠[11]

Chavez was an early developer of Goldman Sachs’ SecDB system and oversaw about 9,000 engineers as CIO. Sixth Street’s current biography also lists his Alphabet directorship and fiduciary or advisory roles with Abacus.AI, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Stanford Medicine.⁠[12]

Marty Chavez: Personal website: https://www.rmartinchavez.com/ (opens in a new window); X: https://x.com/rmartinchavez (opens in a new window); LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-martin-chavez-095116/ (opens in a new window).⁠[2][13][14]

Sixth Street: Official website: https://sixthstreet.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[8]