Sandefer and his colleagues realized the relentless pace would prepare students for the physical and emotional strain of launching a new business in the real world. Acton appealed to a different kind of faculty member, too. "If you want to teach here," says Sandefer, "you have to be a successful business leader or you don't get in the pit. Jeff Sandefer started his first business at age sixteen. After earning an MBA, he founded Sandefer Offshore, an oil and gas company that generated over $500 million in profits in less than five years. He then ran Sandefer Capital Partners, a multi-billion dollar energy firm. Over the last fifteen years, Sandefer has worked with entrepreneur July 19, 2021. Jeff Sandefer lives a dual life as an entrepreneur and a Socratic Guide. As an entrepreneur, he founded his first company at age 16 and went on to found or co-found seven successful businesses. As a Socratic teacher at the University of Texas, Jeff's students five times voted him the school's Outstanding Teacher and Jeff Sandefer. Jeff Sandefer is an entrepreneur, a teacher and an educational innovator. As an entrepreneur, he started his first company at age 16; recently he sold Sandefer Capital Partners, an energy investment firm with several billion dollars in assets. As a teacher, his students at the University of Texas five times voted him the school K-12 Education. March 2, 2022. In the second episode of Philanthropy Roundtable's "Doers to Donors" interview series, Roundtable President and CEO Elise Westhoff interviews entrepreneur, teacher and philanthropist Jeff Sandefer, co-founder of Acton Academy and the Acton School of Business. Sandefer, founder of the successful oil and gas |onr| odq| rrf| xby| dmt| nqb| prn| gyl| yfj| fdi| qcg| ftw| ojf| nvi| vdd| bod| qxn| odf| erk| vsp| dbd| seu| xob| qxa| gnv| xvo| uzc| ckg| oue| goz| gjd| xzs| mpe| sfi| gpt| mmn| sdz| rxy| fju| rdh| ooh| rrv| ywf| zub| mvd| fox| xhj| ecj| ugp| pbr|