WALTER H. WILKINSON, JR.

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2014-12-12 Founder and General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, since 1980. Board member of RF Micro Devices since 1992 and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2008.
2015-12-11 Founder and General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, since 1980.
2016-12-09 Founder and General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, since 1980. Board member of RF Micro Devices from 1992 serving as its chairman from July 2008 until January 2015 when it merged to form QORVO, Inc.
2017-12-08 Founder and General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, since 1980. Board member of RF Micro Devices from 1992, serving as its chairman from July 2008 until January 2015 when it merged to form QORVO, Inc. Board member of QORVO, Inc. since January 2015.
2018-12-14 Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr. (72) ... Founder and former General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm.
2019-12-16 Founder and former General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, from its founding in 1980 through 2016. Board member of RF Micro Devices, Inc. from 1992, serving as its chairman from July 2008 until January 2015, when it merged to form QORVO, Inc.
2020-12-18 Founder and former General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, from its founding in 1980 through 2016. Board member of RF Micro Devices, Inc. from 1992, serving as its chairman from July 2008 until January 2015, when it merged to form QORVO, Inc. Lead independent director of QORVO, Inc. from January 2015 until August 2018.
2021-12-17 Founder and former General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, from its founding in 1980 through 2016.
2022-12-16 Founder and former General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, from its founding in 1980 through 2016. Board member of RF Micro Devices, Inc. from 1992, serving as its chairman from July 2008 until January 2015, when it merged to form QORVO, Inc. Lead independent director of QORVO, Inc. from January 2015 until August 2018.
2023-10-25 Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr. is listed as a director with no indication of software or technical background.
2023-12-13 Founder and former General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, from its founding in 1980 through 2016. Board member of RF Micro Devices, Inc. from 1992, serving as its chairman from July 2008 until January 2015, when it merged to form QORVO, Inc. Lead independent director of QORVO, Inc. from January 2015 until August 2018 (and was a director and Chair of its Governance and Nominating Committee until August 2021, when he retired).
2024-12-20 Founder and former General Partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm, from its founding in 1980 through 2016.

GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2015-03-23 He is a graduate of N.C. State University (BS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA). No mention of software or programming skills.
2016-03-18 Mr. Wilkinson is the founder and a general partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm established in 1980 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
2017-03-17 Mr. Wilkinson is the founder and a general partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm... He holds a BS from N.C. State University and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
2018-03-16 Mr. Wilkinson is a graduate of N.C. State University (BS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA). No mention of computer science or software engineering.
2019-03-18 Mr. Wilkinson is a graduate of N.C. State University (BS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA). He has served on the board of numerous venture-backed companies, both public and private.
2020-03-23 Mr. Wilkinson is the founder and was a general partner of Kitty Hawk Capital, a venture capital firm established in 1980 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, from its founding through 2016. He has served on the board of the N.C. State University Foundation and has previously served as Chairman of its Graduate School Advisory Board where he endowed the Wilkinson Research Ethics Fellowship. For many years he served on the board and as chairman of the finance committee of the Ben Craig Center, a business incubator affiliated with the University of N.C. at Charlotte. He is a past member and director of the National Venture Capital Association and is a past member and Chairman of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies. Mr. Wilkinson was founding Chairman of the Carolinas Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and served on its board of directors from 2013 through December 2015, and is a NACD Leadership Fellow, having completed the NACD’s program for corporate directors and its continuing educational requirements to maintain this level of recognition. Mr. Wilkinson served as a director of R.F. Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: RFMD) from 1992, serving as its Chairman of its board of directors from July 2008, until its $11 billion merger with Triquint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TQNT) in January 2015 to form QORVO (Nasdaq: QRVO). He served as Lead Independent Director for QORVO from January 2015 until August 2018. Mr. Wilkinson also serves or has served as a director of numerous venture-backed companies, both public and private. Mr. Wilkinson is a graduate of N.C. State University (BS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA).
2021-03-19 Mr. Wilkinson is a venture capital professional with a BS from N.C. State University and an MBA from Harvard, but no software or programming experience is indicated.
2022-03-18 Mr. Wilkinson is a graduate of N.C. State University (BS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA).
2023-03-17 Mr. Wilkinson is a graduate of N.C. State University (BS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA).
2024-03-13 Mr. Wilkinson is a graduate of N.C. State University (BS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA). He was founder and general partner of a venture capital firm and served on boards of various companies.
2025-03-14 Mr. Wilkinson is a graduate of N.C. State University (BS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA).

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-02-03