About
Stuart Omans is an early investor in Sky Fund LLC and an investor in other private and public companies. Stuart Omans' path from total failure as a Chicago high school student (flunking three classes in one semester, something of a record for a middle class kid of suburban Chicago), to Northwestern University PhD, before founding the acclaimed Orlando Shakespeare Theater, must be some kind of testimony to life's infinite possibility. As Professor Emeritus and former Chair of English at the University of Central Florida, he's written extensively on theater, Shakespeare, education, and the arts. He's won awards and fellowships from The National Endowment for the Humanities, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Danforth Foundation, among others. He founded the Orlando Shakespeare Festival, now Orlando Shakespeare Theater (owned by Walt Disney). Along the way his education has been enriched by working as a ditch digger, professional baker (not at the same time), and a salesman of outrag
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 4 investors at University of Central Florida are tracked.
- • 1 investors hold the Professor Emeritus role in VCSift. Stuart Omans is one of them.
- • 35 investors are based in Winter Park, Florida, United States.
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Investment Focus
- Stages
- seed
- Location
- Winter Park, US
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