Aileen Lee: Business Innovation
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- She has degrees from MIT, HBS and MHS (Millburn High, in NJ). She's proudly the co-founder of All Raise, on the board of the Castilleja School, and a Henry Crown Fellow.
- She's also mom to 3 kids plus a dog and chickens, and wife to a startup co-founder/CTO.
- Aileen is also known for the analysis that coined the business term “unicorn”, being named one of Time 100's most influential people, as well as being on the Forbes Midas List and top seed investor lists for multiple years.
- Travels from: Palo Alto, CA
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Aileen Lee is the founder of Cowboy Ventures. She partners at the earliest stages with enterprise and consumer-oriented startup teams to build products customers love, and to help teams build aspirational companies. She has over two decades of experience starting at seed stage and staying involved for many years beyond.
Prior to Cowboy, Aileen spent over a decade with the venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. At KPCB she worked hands-on with companies from series A through IPO including Bloom Energy (BE), Rent the Runway (RENT), and Trendyol (acquired by Alibaba). During that time she was also founding CEO of KPCB-backed RMG Networks, a digital media company. Aileen previously held operating roles at Gap Inc. and started her career at Morgan Stanley.
Aileen Lee
During that time she was also founding CEO of KPCB-backed RMG Networks, a leading digital out-of home media company. Aileen also held operating roles at Gap Inc. and started her career at Morgan Stanley.
Aileen Lee has degrees from MIT and Harvard Business School. She is proudly the co-founder of All Raise and on the boards of Times Up and the Castilleja School. She was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in 2019 and appeared on Forbes’ list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2020.
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