Stephen H. Weiss (1935, Manhattan – April 16, 2008) was an American investment banker, philanthropist, and former chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees.
[1] Weiss was born to a Jewish family and graduated from Cornell in 1957, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society.
[2][3][4] He began a successful banking career at A.G. Becker & Co., where he served as vice president and board member from 1959 to 1970.
[5] He then founded the investment management firm Weiss, Peck & Greer together with his brother Roger, Stephen Peck, and Philip Greer, and served as the CEO and chairman of the board until the company was sold to Robeco in 2001.
[6] In 1992, he established the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Awards "to recognize faculty members with a sustained record of effective and inspiring teaching.