A pioneer in index funds referred to as the "king of indexing"[2] and the "godfather of quant management,"[3] Grauer was recognized by Global Custodian as one of the 100 most important contributors to modern finance in the 20th century[4] and has been featured on the cover[5] of Fortune.
Grauer became a general partner of Angel Investors, L.P. (predecessor to SV Angel) in 1999, where Fred, Ron Conway, Bob Boseman, and Casey McGlynn led investments in over 250 companies, including Google, PayPal, and Ask Jeeves.
Grauer is currently senior advisor to and a member of the boards of directors of Course Hero, a student question-and-answer platform that helps students learn faster and remember longer; Credit Sesame, a personal credit management platform for individuals seeking to optimize their use of credit, and a trustee of the Mountain View Funds of American Century Investments and chairman of its governance committee.
Grauer is also a member of the board of advisors to the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research.
Previously, Grauer was with the capital markets group of Merrill Lynch and held several senior executive roles at Wells Fargo, including executive vice president and head of its funding group and CEO of Wells Fargo Investment Advisors.