Awards & Recognition
★Forbes Midas List multiple times (2011, 2012, 2016, 2017)
★Recognized as best deal makers in venture capital
★Called a 'social game visionary' in gaming industry
★International Math Olympiad representative for Australia
Notable Facts
→First investor in Snapchat with initial $485k investment that grew to nearly $2B at IPO
→Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners since 2006, stepped back from new investing in 2021
→Led investments in major exits including Affirm, Giphy, Honest Company, Playdom
→Has Wikipedia page documenting his career and investments
→Founded Presidio Knolls School, progressive Mandarin-immersion school in San Francisco
→Stanford MBA, former McKinsey consultant and AOL/Netscape executive
→Dual Australian-US citizen, represented Australia in International Math Olympiad
→Regular conference speaker and thought leader on consumer tech trends