Sandy Kemper CEO & Founder, CF2O

Sandy is the founder of C2FO and serves as Chairman of the board and CEO. In addition, he is Chairman of the board of The Collectors Fund, a private equity fund focused on alternative asset classes.

Sandy is the founder of C2FO and serves as Chairman of the board and CEO. In addition, he is Chairman of the board of The Collectors Fund, a private equity fund focused on alternative asset classes. Prior to founding The Collectors Fund and C2FO, Sandy founded Perfect Commerce (fka eScout.com) and served as the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2000-2006.

Prior to founding Perfect Commerce, he served as Chairman of the board and CEO of UMB Bank and CEO of UMB Financial, a NASDAQ-traded financial services company with more than $40 billion in assets. Sandy began his career with UMB after graduating from Northwestern University in 1987. He majored in American history. Sandy is an active angel and venture investor and serves on the corporate boards of UMB Financial (NASDAQ:UMBF), UMB Bank and Dwolla Inc. He previously served on the board of NIC (NASDAQ:EGOV), AXA Art Americas (NYSE: AXA), and Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Cboe) and BATS Exchange, two of the largest stock exchanges in the world.

Sandy and his family are active in academic, civic and philanthropic endeavors. He serves on the board of the Agriculture Future of America (AFA), a nonprofit scholarship and leadership development organization that he co-founded. Sandy and his family live on a farm in Kansas City, Missouri, where they raise and care for their horses, sheep and any and all wild animals (not including their four children).

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