Paul Sagan (born 1959) is an American businessman and special advisor and former managing director at General Catalyst Partners.

[7] Upon graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Sagan began his career at WCBS-TV as a news writer.

Sagan joined Akamai Technologies in October 1998 as chief operating officer, became president the following year[6] in 1999.

[10][11] Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Sagan served as a member of the Board of Directors at Moderna as the company was working on vaccines.

[12][13] In addition to serving as a director of Moderna, he was named chair of the not-for-profit ProPublica,[14] in December 2016.

[29] Governor Charlie Baker appointed Sagan to be chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in 2015 until his term ended in 2019.

[36] In 2009 Sagan was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the technology category.