[3] Oberndorf was a major investor in Voyager, which created a literacy curriculum that was implemented by Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
[4] Oberndorf has served on the boards of numerous companies, including Calpine, Aggregates USA, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Equity Funds, Plum Creek Timber, Voyager Learning Company, Taft Broadcasting, and Wometco Cable Television Corporation.
[7] Oberndorf currently serves as chair of the UCSF Foundation, which raises money to support the University of California, San Francisco’s mission of advancing health worldwide.
[13] He was a major backer of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2008 and 2012, but ultimately donated to Barack Obama’s campaign prior to the 2008 election.
I will be voting for Hillary.”[19][20][21] Earlier in the 2016 presidential cycle, Oberndorf co-hosted two fundraisers for Jeb Bush [22] and played a major role in discouraging Romney from running for president for a third time.