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Bill Gurley is an American venture capitalist who became a general partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm organized around equal partnerships. He is known for investing in technology companies including Uber, Grubhub, Nextdoor, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, and Zillow. Gurley also writes about venture capital, marketplaces, corporate governance, and technology economics through his long-running blog, Above the Crowd.
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Bill Gurley ranks #25 of 170 in the Entrepreneur ranking, behind Michael Bloomberg, ahead of John Collison.
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Which major technology companies did Bill Gurley back at Benchmark?
Gurley's investments and board roles included Uber, Grubhub, Nextdoor, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, and Zillow. Benchmark was also one of Uber's earliest institutional investors.
What did Bill Gurley do before becoming a venture capitalist?
Gurley worked as a design engineer at Compaq and later became a technology research analyst at CS First Boston. He was the lead analyst on Amazon's 1997 initial public offering.
What is Bill Gurley's Above the Crowd blog about?
Above the Crowd examines technology businesses, marketplaces, venture capital, and company valuation. Gurley's essays frequently focus on unit economics, network effects, and the risks created by excessive private-market funding.
Why did Bill Gurley leave Uber's board?
Gurley left Uber's board in 2017 during the governance crisis surrounding co-founder Travis Kalanick. Fellow Benchmark partner Matt Cohler replaced him after Benchmark had helped press for Kalanick's resignation as chief executive.
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