Matt Cohler

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Matt Cohler
File:Matt Cohler.jpg
Matt Cohler, January 2008
Born March 27, 1977 (1977-03-27) (age 47)
New York, NY
Nationality American
Alma mater Yale University
Occupation Venture Capitalist
Employer General Partner at Benchmark
Known for Former VP of Product Management, Facebook
Net worth US$700 million (2015)[1]

Matt Cohler (born March 27, 1977) is an American venture capitalist based in Silicon Valley. He worked as Vice President of Product Management for Facebook until June 2008[2] and is currently a general partner at Benchmark.[3] Cohler was named to the 2012 Forbes Midas List of top technology investors.[4] Cohler made the Forbes 'America's 40 Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40' list in 2015.[5]

Education and early career

Cohler earned a B.A. with honors and distinction from Yale University.[6]

Early in his career, Cohler worked in China and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.[7] He befriended Reid Hoffman and went on to become a founding member of Hoffman's startup LinkedIn.[8] Cohler was vice president and general manager at LinkedIn[9] and was considered CEO Hoffman's right-hand man.[10]

Cohler was one of the first five employees hired at Facebook.[2] He was Facebook's vice president of product management and worked with the team during many of its critical growth phases. He continues to act as a "special advisor" to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.[11] In 2008, he left Facebook and became the youngest general partner at Benchmark.[7]

Benchmark

At Benchmark, Cohler has backed the firm’s investments in Dropbox, Asana, Quora, Greenhouse,[12] Domo, Duo, Edmodo, ResearchGate, 1stdibs, Peixe Urbano, Couchsurfing, Baixing, and Zendesk.[13][14] In 2011, he led a $7 million round of funding for Instagram,[15] which agreed in April 2012 to be acquired by Facebook for $1 billion.[16] In March 2014, Cohler led Benchmark's investment in Xapo Ltd., a Bitcoin wallet/insured cold storage vault.[17][18]

Cohler sits on the boards of Asana, Greenhouse,[12] Tinder,[19] Domo[9] Quora,[20] ResearchGate,[21] Instagram, 1stdibs, Couchsurfing[22] and Duo Security.[23]

Additional affiliations

Cohler is on the San Francisco Symphony board of governors.[24]

Politics

In April 2013, a lobbying group called FWD.us (aimed at lobbying for immigration reform and improvements to education) was launched, with Cohler listed as one of the founders.[25]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/profile/matt-cohler/
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  3. ↑ Kincaid, J. (October 29, 2008). "VCs Speak on the Economic Downturn: Batten Down the Hatches", TechCrunch.
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  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Matt Cohler at CrunchBase. Retrieved on 2009-30-04.
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