Experience
Guy Patton is President and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Oklahoma Foundation.
Prior to assuming this role in October of 2007, Mr. Patton was with Fidelity Investments for more than 22 years. Mr. Patton joined Fidelity in 1985 as a Sales representative in Fidelity’s retail business. He held numerous positions within the Finance function during the early part of his career at Fidelity including senior regional finance executive for both the Southwest and Midwest regions.
In 1997, Mr. Patton was promoted to executive vice president of Fidelity’s Institutional Retirement business. During that time Mr. Patton was responsible for launching the industry’s first Internet-based 401(k) product. For this, he was named “Co-Impact Player-of-the-Year” by Defined Contribution News in 2000. He then became president of Fidelity Investments Tax-Exempt Services Company; one of the nation’s top providers of 403(b), and 401(k) retirement savings plans to tax-exempt organizations in the US. In 2004 Mr. Patton was promoted to President of all of Fidelity’s Retirement and Outsourcing business with nearly 5000 employees and revenues of over $2.5 billion.
In addition to his general management roles, Mr. Patton was asked to lead the global Human Resources function for Fidelity in 2002. In that capacity he was a member of Fidelity’s 12 person Executive Committee. During that time, he was responsible for the company’s corporate human resources functions including recruitment, compensation, benefits, employee relations, as well as management and organizational development for the firm worldwide.
Mr. Patton received a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1983 and a master’s degree in 1985, both from the University of Oklahoma.
Mr. Patton has been a member of the board of trustees for numerous not-for-profit organizations, including Jobs For The Future, InRoads, The Cincinnati Ballet, and has served as president of the Board of Trustees for the Childhood Trust.