venture capitalist
Britishnoun
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Some big names expected at the event are venture capitalist Tim Draper, motivational speaker Tony Robbins, boxer Mike Tyson and fund manager Cathie Wood.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
He was nearly wiped out but got back on his financial footing when a venture capitalist asked him in 1986 to be chairman of the board, with stock options, of a new company called Magellan.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
“It’s totally unprecedented for one company to be so active across the board,” said Paul Kedrosky, a venture capitalist and fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Initiative on the Digital Economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
In the midst of the cloud’s emergence in 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously declared that “software is eating the world.”
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
De Soto was a novel figure: half warrior, half venture capitalist.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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