Stephen Mills Badger II (born September 18, 1968) is an American businessman, venture capitalist and documentary producer. He is currently a General Partner at The March Group, a food, health and sustainability venture capital firm based in Davis, California and Hong Kong.

Early life

Stephen Mills Badger is a member of the

Mars family The Mars family is an American family that owns the confectionery company Mars Inc. In 1988, the family was ranked as the richest family in the United States of America by ''Fortune'' magazine. It has since been surpassed by the Walton family ...

,David Teather
Branded for life?
''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'', 25 October 2007 His mother is Mars heiress Jacqueline Mars.The Associated Press
Muscle Shoals documentary set for film festival
''

Telegram & Gazette The ''Telegram & Gazette'' (and ''Sunday Telegram'') is the only daily newspaper of Worcester, Massachusetts. The paper, headquartered at 100 Front Street and known locally as ''the Telegram'' or the ''T & G'', offers coverage of all of Worceste ...

'', December 22, 2012 His father was David H. Badger. His maternal great-grandfather, Franklin Clarence Mars, was the founder of

Mars, Incorporated Mars, Incorporated (doing business as Mars Inc.) is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services founded on June 23, 1911, headquartered in McLean, Virgini ...

Career

Badger is currently a General Partner at The March Group. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Mars, Inc, his family business.Island Press: Board of Directors
/ref> In 2007, he spoke on behalf of Seeds of Change, a manufacturer of organic food acquired by Mars, Inc. In November 2014, he attended the third annual Global Action Summit in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

, where he accepted the Global Shared Value Award on behalf of the company.Stephen Badger of the Mars board presented with the inaugural award in recognition of Mars’ work around Mutuality
Mars.com, November 18, 2014 Additionally, Badger serves on the Board of Directors of

Island Press Island Press is a nonprofit, environmental publisher based in Washington, D.C., United States, that specializes in natural history, ecology, conservation, and the built environment. Established in 1978, Island Press generates about half of its ...

, a publisher of books on ecology and conservation. In 2012 and 2013, Badger produced ''

Muscle Shoals Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 census, its population was 13,146. The estimated popula ...

'', a documentary film about

FAME Studios FAME (Florence Alabama Music Enterprises) Studios is a recording studio located at 603 East Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States, an area of northern Alabama known as the Shoals. Though small and distant from the main recording l ...

and

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Muscle Shoals Sound Studio is an American recording studio in Sheffield, Alabama, formed in 1969 by four session musicians known as The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. They had left nearby FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals to create their own record ...

Muscle Shoals, Alabama Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 census, its population was 13,146. The estimated popula ...

.imdb: Stephen Badger
/ref>

Personal life

He resides in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , literal translation, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city, capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County. With over 89,000 residents, Santa Fe is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, fourt ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Badger, Stephen M. Living people 1968 births People from Santa Fe, New Mexico American corporate directors Film producers from New Mexico Mars family