Nathaniel Fick

About

Ambassador Nathaniel Fick is an entrepreneur and investor, diplomat, Marine, and author. He is currently the Chief Strategy Officer for Equities at Cerberus Capital. He joined Cerberus in 2025 after serving as Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy at the U.S. Department of State, where he led American diplomacy on technology issues including cybersecurity, digital infrastructure, AI and otheremerging technologies.  

Fick was previously General Manager of Elastic Security, overseeing Elastic’s information securitybusiness globally. He joined Elastic in 2019 through its acquisition of Endgame, a venture-backedendpoint security software company where he was CEO. Mr. Fick also spent nearly a decade as an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.  

He started his career as a Marine Corps infantry and reconnaissance officer, including combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. His book about that experience, One Bullet Away, was a New York Times bestseller, a Washington Post “Best Book of the Year,” and one of the Military Times’ “Best Military Books of theDecade.”  

Fick is a graduate of Dartmouth College, the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Harvard Business School. He has served on many boards, including as a Trustee of Dartmouth College and a Director of the Council on Foreign Relations.