Mamoon Hamid

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Mamoon Hamid
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Hamid in 2019
Born1978 (age 46–47)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater Purdue University
Stanford University
Harvard Business School [1]
Occupation Venture capitalist
Employer Kleiner Perkins
TitleManaging Member and General Partner
Website Profile at KPCB

Mamoon Hamid (born 1978) [2] is a Pakistani-American venture capitalist [1] [3] currently serving as a Managing Member and General Partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Career

Xilinx and USVP

Early in his career he held various business and engineering roles at Xilinx, and he subsequently joined U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) in 2005, [8] where he led early-stage investments in startups such as Yammer and Box. [1]

Social Capital

In 2011, he co-founded the investment firm Social Capital [6] [7] where has led investments in companies such as Intercom, Greenhouse, [4] Netskope, [6] and Front, [1] and he was the first outside investor in the unicorn startup Slack. [4]

Kleiner Perkins

He became a Managing Member [8] and General Partner at Kleiner Perkins in August 2017. [5] [7]

Forbes has included him on its Midas List of top tech investors in five consecutive years. [1] He appeared on the Midas List for the first time in 2014 [9] and remains one of its youngest members. In 2017, he ranked No. 76 among the Top 100 VCs by Electronics Weekly [10] and No. 61 among the Top 100 Venture Capitalists named by The New York Times and CB Insights. [11]

Public involvement

As chairman of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Hamid organized a private fundraiser for the institute the day after Executive Order 13769 was signed on January 20, 2017. The event raised $1 million from contributors to "challenge the Trump administration’s most controversial policies in court." [12]

Personal life

Hamid lives with his wife Dr. Aaliya Yaqub and children in Palo Alto, California. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mamoon Hamid". Forbes . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ "UC sees 1st drop in international applicants in more than decade". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  3. ↑ Loizos, Connie (2019-02-15). "Kleiner's Mamoon Hamid thinks we could be in a 15-year-long bull market (and other insights from the firm)". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  4. 1 2 3 Konrad, Alex (August 4, 2017). "Slack Investor Mamoon Hamid's Mission At Kleiner Perkins: Restore Its Venture Glory". Forbes . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Haggin, Patience (August 3, 2017). "Mamoon Hamid to Join Kleiner Perkins as General Partner". Wall Street Journal . New York City, New York, United States. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 Schubarth, Cromwell (Aug 4, 2017). "Social Capital co-founder jumps to Kleiner Perkins amid shakeup". Silicon Valley Business Journal . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 Loizos, Connie (August 3, 2017). "Mamoon Hamid is heading from Social Capital to Kleiner Perkins". TechCrunch . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Mamoon Hamid Profile". Bloomberg . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ Partners, TrueBridge Capital. "Mamoon Hamid - pg.12". Forbes. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  10. ↑ Manners, David (February 20, 2017). "The Top 100 VCs". Electronics Weekly . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ "The Top 100 Venture Capitalists". CBinsights and The New York Times . New York City, New York, United States. April 4, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ Chapman, Lizette (October 25, 2017). "Silicon Valley Gets Behind Initiative to Challenge Trump's Agenda in Court". Bloomberg . Retrieved March 11, 2018.
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