Virginia Gilder

Who is Virginia Gilder?

Virginia Anne "Ginny" Gilder is a former American competitive rower and Olympic silver medalist. She was a member of the American women's quadruple sculls team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

She is the daughter of Richard Gilder and was raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. For high school she attended a boarding school, graduating one year early. Gilder went on to study history at Yale University, graduating in 1979. She was first selected for the U.S. Olympic team in 1980, the year that the United States boycotted the Olympic Games.

Gilder works as an investor and she is a co-owner of the Seattle Storm, a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA.