Chris Dixon

Professional Background

Currently:

Co-founder/CEO of Hunch (acquired by eBay).

Co-founder of Founder Collective, an early-stage seed venture fund.

Personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including SkypeFoursquareKickstarterCanvasStack Overflow, Gerson Lehrman Group, Knewton, OMGPOP (acquired by Zynga), Bloomreach, OptimizelyTrialPayDocVerse (acq by GOOG), Invite Media (acq by GOOG), and ScanScout (acq by Tremor Video), and a few companies in “stealth mode.”

Previously:

Co-founder/CEO of SiteAdvisor (acquired by McAfee).

Associate at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Co-head of R&D at Arbitrade, a hedge fund focusing on high-speed options trading (acquired by Citigroup).

BA and MA from Columbia University, majoring in Philosophy.  MBA from Harvard.

Personal Background

I am originally from Ohio and now live in NYC.