David Grain
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Private equity
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Washington, District of Columbia
Biography
David Grain is the CEO of Grain Management, a private equity firm he founded in 2007.
Grain Management is focused on broadband and communication infrastructure investments.
Before founding Grain Management, he led wireless infrastructure company Global Signal from bankruptcy to IPO.
Grain Management purchased 15 megahertz of spectrum in T-Mobile's 800 MHz band in 2025 and Quintillion, an Alaskan fiber-optic network, in 2024.
Grain and his wife founded the Grain Fellows Program in 2004, funding SAT and college prep, application fees and mentorship for low-income students at Booker High School in Sarasota, Florida.
About
He is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Grain was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.