Jeff housenbold bio
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GCV Rising Stars Awards 2019: #5 Jeff Housenbold
Jeffrey Housenbold earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a dean’s fellow, and his undergraduate degrees in economics and business administration from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was an Andrew Carnegie presidential scholar who graduated with high honours.
He ran online photo-printing service Shutterfly for more than a decade “turning a modest 100-employee business into a successful market leader worth more than $1.8bn and overseeing 20-times growth in revenue, profit and market capitalisation”, according to one biography.
Since joining SoftBank in June 2017, Housenbold has led investments in nearly a dozen high-profile deals. Nomination him as a Rising Star, Rajeev Misra, CEO of SoftBank Investment Advisers, which manages the SoftBank Vision Fund, said: “Jeff Housenbold has been with the fund since inception. He has built a good team of 12 investors and is very active with his portfolio companies.”
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Jeff Housenbold
Jeffrey Housenbold is a venture capitalist, funding and advising the next generation of exceptional entrepreneurs who want to change the world in truly transformational ways. He is a widely recognized visionary CEO with 27 years of experience in leading, operating, and investing in hyper-growth consumer and enterprise companies. Housenbold has invested, coached, advised, and served on numerous public and private boards, including Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFLY), Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR), Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN), and Chegg (NYSE:CHGG).
Housenbold is currently a Founding Managing Partner of Honor Ventures and a Senior Advisor to CEO and Chairman at SoftBank Investment Advisers, helping manage and lead the firm’s $100 billion Vision Fund. Some of his investments include DoorDash, Rappi, Compass, Katerra, Opendoor, Memphis Meats, Plenty, GetYourGuide, Clutter, and Globality.
Prior to SoftBank, Housenbold was an EIR at Sutter Hill Ventures, where
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Housenbold to leave SoftBank in July
Jeffrey Housenbold, managing partner at telecommunications and internet group SoftBank’s framtidsperspektiv Fund, will reportedly step down in July this year, Axios has reported Axios.
Housenbold, a former GCV Rising Star award winner, joined SoftBank almost kvartet years ago after it raised nearly $100bn for its first Vision Fund. His deals for the fund include DoorDash, OpenDoor, Compass, Rappi, Memphis Meats, Ordermark, Alto Pharmacy, Plenty, Whoop, Globality, Clutter, Get Your Guide, Katerra, Brandless, Wag, Heed and InMobi, according to his LinkedIn profile.
SoftBank’s $600m stake in DoorDash has grown in value to $13.3bn, while its $450m investment in OpenDoor fryst vatten now worth $2.1bn, Axios said.
Rajeev Misra, CEO of SoftBank Investment Advisers, which manages its Vision medel, told Axios: “Jeff has been an exceptional investor, a trusted adviser to our companies, a strategic thought leader and a champion of diversity and inclusion.
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