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Charles Phillips

 

Charles Phillips | Investment Executive and Military Veteran 

A technology industry investor with decades of experience leading multinational companies, Charles Phillips is a co-founder and managing partner of the technology-focused investment firm Recognize. Alongside the firm’s partners and associates, he is committed to developing the next generation of technology leaders via strategic capital infusions, operational expertise, and deep industry insights.  

Early in his career, Charles Phillips served as vice president of software at BNY Mellon in 1986. Following three years in this role at the investment bank, he spent two years as a senior vice president at SoundView Technology Group and three years in a similar role at Kidder Peabody. Phillips was a managing director in Morgan Stanley’s Technology Group from 1994 to 2003, during which time he was consistently named an Institutional Investor All-Star. 

As president of Oracle Corporation from 2003 to 2010, Charles Phillips facilitated significant growth for the company. He oversaw the acquisition of more than 60 companies and helped the company increase its size and market capitalization threefold. He subsequently served nearly a decade as CEO and chairman of Infor, where he played a vital role in similar business growth initiatives. Infor became the first industry cloud company to have more than 70 million subscribers on Amazon AWS prior to its sale in 2020. Following the sale of Infor, Charles Phillips co-founded Recognize.  

A military veteran, Charles Phillips served five years in the United States Marine Corps prior to pursuing his career in the investment and technology industries. He served at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and was a captain in the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines.  

Phillips holds a J.D. from New York Law School as well as an MBA from Hampton University and a B.S. in computer science from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He serves on the boards of the Council of Foreign Relations, Paramount Global, and American Express, and previously was a member of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Board and the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.