Tad Taube - 2006

Tad Taube serves as president of the Koret Foundation and chairman of Taube Philanthropies.
At his alma mater, Stanford University, Mr. Taube is founder and advisory board chair of the Taube Center for Jewish Studies, established in 1986. Mr. Taube is past chair of the Stanford Athletic Board. His involvement in Stanford Athletics includes his family’s principal gift to Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium and his significant support of Stanford’s new football stadium, built in 2006.

Mr. Taube was a founder of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1982 and was principal owner of the Oakland Invaders football franchise. A child actor and avid tennis player, he has received many prestigious awards and honors. The Forward Newspaper recognized him as one
of the fifty most influential Jews in America.