1. John William Gurley was born on May 10,1966 and is an American businessman.
14 Facts About Bill Gurley
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Bill Gurley is a general partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm in San Francisco, California.
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Bill Gurley is considered one of the top dealmakers in the American technology industry.
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John William Bill Gurley was born in Dickinson, Texas, outside of Houston, on May 10,1966.
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Bill Gurley graduated from the University of Florida in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
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Bill Gurley received his Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business in 1993.
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Bill Gurley had spent four years on Wall Street as a research analyst, including three years at CS First Boston.
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At Benchmark, Bill Gurley has led investments in and holds board seats on Brighter, DogVacay, Good Eggs, GrubHub, HackerOne, Linden Lab, LiveOps, Nextdoor, OpenTable, Sailthru, Scale Computing, Stitch Fix, Vessel, and Zillow.
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Bill Gurley is listed consistently on the Forbes Midas List.
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Bill Gurley advises family offices to be careful before investing in unicorn companies.
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In March 2016, Bill Gurley was named VC of the Year at TechCrunch's annual Crunchies awards.
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Bill Gurley reportedly had a close relationship with CEO Travis Kalanick.
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Bill Gurley was Uber's most engaged board member and the closest thing Mr Kalanick had to a consigliere.
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Bill Gurley is married with three children and currently lives in Austin, Texas.