Jim Manzi (born 1951) is the former chairman, president and CEO of Lotus Development Corporation and is currently a private investor in various technology start-up ventures.
in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
In 1973, Manzi was a research assistant to William F. Buckley, and journeyed to the Soviet Union with the editorial staff of National Review.
Since 1995, via his investment company Stonegate Capital, Manzi has been involved in the creation and development of a number of technology start-up ventures.
He is on the boards of Cargometrics, Elysium Health and Paxos.. For 12 years until 2020, he was chairman of Thermo Fisher Scientific a public company in life sciences technology and services with $40 billion in sales and a market cap of more than $200 billion.