Sandy Kemper
| Sandy Kemper | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alexander Sandy Kemper June 18, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Residence | Kansas City |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Chairman and CEO UMB Financial Corporation, Chairman of Global Trading Web Association |
Alexander Sandy Kemper (born June 18, 1965) is an American entrepreneur, known for being founder and board chairman of Agriculture Future of America, founder of Education, Inc., chairman of Global Trading Web Association, founder of The Collector’s Fund, and founder and CEO Perfect Commerce, formerly known as eScout.
Kemper is an American entrepreneur who is the chairman of the board and CEO of C2FO, the first market for working capital. He was born in Chicago in 1965 and raised in the Kansas City area by adoptive parents Mary “Bebe” Kemper and R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. who died in 2014. He received a B.A. in History from Northwestern University in 1987.
Kemper lives with his wife Christine Kemper and their four children in Kansas City.
Kemper grew up in a family of bankers. While still in college, he started working with Continental Illinois Bank as an analyst in the treasury management division. Following graduation, he returned to Kansas City and, between 1995 and 2000, moved up through the ranks to become chairman and CEO of UMB Bank, founded in 1919 and run by a succession of family members, and CEO and President of UMB Financial Corporation.
The first company he founded, Education Inc., was a program that created a series of schools within public schools inside the Kansas City Public School district. Under his leadership, Education, Inc. grew to serve nearly 1,000 at-risk students in the Kansas City Missouri School District, giving them extended academic instruction, additional social services support, and mentors in the community to provide support and leadership.
Kemper has been recognized as a "Top banker in the US,” by American Banker, and in numerous local publications as a leader and entrepreneur in the business community. Featured in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC National Public Radio and The Financial Times. Kemper has been widely recognized as a leader in B2B e-commerce and supply chain financial health.
Following his tenure at UMB Financial Corporation, he founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of Perfect Commerce (formerly eScout LLC), a provider of supplier relationship management technology. Under his leadership, Perfect Commerce created the Open Supplier Network™ (OSN™) and became a provider of on-demand supplier relationship management (SRM) technology to businesses across the globe. Perfect Commerce expanded to become the world’s single largest independent supplier network, with over 500,000 suppliers. In 2001, he was named chairman of the Global Trading Web Association. Kemper retired as chairman and CEO of Perfect Commerce in 2006.
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