Bill Gurley
Education
Texas McCombs School of Business
MBA, Finance 1991-01-01 - 1993-01-01
University of Florida
BSE, Computer Engineering 1986-01-01 - 1989-01-01
Millsaps College
, 1984-01-01 - 1986-01-01Work Experience
Benchmark
Current
Benchmark
Impact Crew
Current
Impact Crew
Solv.
Current
Solv.
Marco Polo
Current
Marco Polo
Instawork
Current
Instawork
Santa Fe Institute
Current
Santa Fe Institute
HackerOne
Current
HackerOne
Stitch Fix
Current
Stitch Fix
Nextdoor
Current
Nextdoor
Good Eggs
2018-05-01 - 2023-05-01
Good Eggs
Summary
General Partner at Benchmark for over 20 years. Prior to Benchmark, partner with Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Spent four years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst, including three years at CS First Boston focusing on personal computer hardware and software. Research coverage included such companies as Dell, Compaq, and Microsoft, and he was the lead analyst on the Amazon IPO. In both 1995 and 1996, was a member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team. Prior to his investment career, was a design engineer at Compaq Computer, where he worked on products such as the 486/50 and Compaq’s first multi-processor server. For the past fifteen years, has authored the Above the Crowd blog which focuses on the evolution and economics of high technology businesses.
