Bill Gurley

Extracted Attributes

• Blog

  Above the Crowd

• Education

  Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University of Florida (1989); MBA from University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business (1993)

• Full Name

  John William Gurley

• Birth Date

  1966-05-10

• Birth Place

  Dickinson, Texas, United States

• Current Role

  General Partner at Benchmark

• Professional Certification

  Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Timeline

• Born in Dickinson, Texas. (Source: Wikidata)

  1966-05-10

• Graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1989-01-01

• Received a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1993-01-01

• Named a member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team while working at CS First Boston. (Source: Above the Crowd)

  1995-01-01

• Joined the venture capital firm Benchmark as a General Partner. (Source: UF Innovate)

  1999-01-01

• Resigned from the board of directors of GrubHub due to potential conflicts with Uber's food delivery service. (Source: Forbes)

  2015-12-03

Bill Gurley

John William Gurley (born May 10, 1966) is an American venture capitalist. He is a general partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm in San Francisco, California.

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• Bill Gurley - Wikipedia

  American venture capitalist (born 1966) | Bill Gurley | | Gurley in 2013 | | Born | John William Gurley May 10, 1966 (1966-05-10) (age 59) Dickinson, Texas, U.S. | | Education | University of Florida (BS) University of Texas (MBA) | | Known for | Investing, general partner at Benchmark "Benchmark (venture capital firm)") | John William Gurley (born May 10, 1966) is an American venture capitalist. He is a general partner at Benchmark "Benchmark (venture capital firm)"), a Silicon Valley venture capital firm in San Francisco, California. ## Education and early career [edit] [...] Gurley was a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. He spent four years on Wall Street as a research analyst, including three years at CS First Boston. Author Jeffrey Pfeffer called him “one of Wall Street’s premier technology analysts." He covered companies including Dell, Compaq and Microsoft and was the lead analyst on the Amazon.com IPO. ## Benchmark [edit] At Benchmark, Gurley has led investments in and holds (or held) board seats on Brighter, DogVacay, Good Eggs, GrubHub, HackerOne, Linden Lab, LiveOps, Nextdoor, OpenTable, Sailthru, Scale Computing, Stitch Fix, Vessel, and Zillow. [...] ## Education and early career [edit] John William Gurley was born in Dickinson, Texas, outside of Houston, on May 10, 1966. Gurley graduated from the University of Florida in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree. While at the University of Florida, he was a member of the men’s basketball team. Gurley received his Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business in 1993. Prior to his investment career, Gurley was a design engineer at Compaq Computer, where he worked on products such as the 486/50 and Compaq's first multi-processor server. Before Compaq, he worked in the technical marketing group of AMD's embedded processor division.

• About Bill Gurley - Above the Crowd

  # Above the Crowd #### By Bill Gurley ### About Bill Gurley May 30, 2008: Bill Gurley has spent over 15 years as a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. Prior to Benchmark, Bill was a partner with Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Before entering the venture capital business, Bill 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. His 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, Bill was a member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team. [...] Prior to his investment career, Bill 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, Bill has authored the Above the Crowd blog which focuses on the evolution and economics of high technology businesses. Over his venture career, he has worked with such companies as GrubHub (IPO: GRUB), Nextdoor, OpenTable (IPO: OPEN, Acquired by Priceline), Stitch Fix (IPO: SFIX), Uber, and Zillow.com (IPO: Z). Other Affiliations: Advisory board of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. Education: MBA from the University of Texas, 1993; and a BS in computer science from the University of Florida, 1989. Chartered Financial Analyst. # Search results FiltersShow filters

• Bill Gurley - Forbes

  NEW YORK, NY - Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for TechCrunch Benchmark venture capitalist Bill Gurley recently resigned from GrubHub’s board of directors. This move is mostly related to Gurley’s relationship at Uber and the Uber’s fledgling food delivery service that is in competition with GrubHub. I think, Gurley’s decision is [...] ByBijan KhosraviFormer Contributor Dec 3, 2015 ### Benchmark Capital's Bill Gurley: Yes, It's Really A Bubble! Benchmark Capital partner Bill Gurley says there is indeed a bubble in tech startups, and it will not end well. ByRobert HofFormer Contributor Oct 20, 2015 ### Bill Gurley On Unicorns: It's Time To Face The Public Market [...] ByPeggy Anne SalzFormer Contributor Aug 26, 2014 ### Interview With Bill Gurley: The Guy Who Backed OpenTable, Yelp, GrubHub, Twitter, Zillow And Uber Bill Gurley has been an A-list VC for 15 years, but he's in his prime right now. He's been at the table backing some of the biggest names in tech in the last 5 years. He took time to answer some of my questions recently about what he looks for in a great company. ByEric JacksonFormer Contributor Nov 28, 2012 ### VC Blogs You Should Follow (and Why): Bill Gurley [...] (Photo credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley continues to sound the alarm on so-called unicorns, the fast-growing group of privately-held technology companies valued at one billion or more. “My belief is that Silicon Valley has entered into a period that’s speculative and unsustainable,” Gurley said Tuesday during an on-stage interview at the Wall Street Journal's technology conference, [...] ByAaron TilleyFormer Staff Mar 25, 2015 ### 5 Biggest Movers Up The 2015 Midas List

• Bill Gurley (Benchmark) / VC Breakdown & Contact

  Close X Thank you! Your submission has been received! Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form. ### What's unique about Bill Gurley Bill Gurley brings an unusual combination of Wall Street research analyst experience and deep public markets knowledge to venture capital, giving him distinctive pattern recognition around bubbles and capital cycles that most Silicon Valley VCs lack. Through his influential "Above the Crowd" blog since the late 1990s, he has built a rare level of thought leadership for an individual VC, with founders and investors regularly citing his detailed essays on network effects, marketplaces, and business model design as essential strategy references. Where they've Worked This is some text inside of a div block. ### About the Fund ### Benchmark [...] # Bill Gurley General Partner, Benchmark How to contact Bill Gurley Website Bill Gurley combines Wall Street/public-markets expertise and Above the Crowd thought leadership to spot bubbles and marketplace dynamics. Stages their fund invests in Seed Series A Series B+ N/A Sectors their fund invests in AI Enterprise Data Devtools Social N/A Avg Check $1M - $15M N/A Does their fund Lead? Yes N/A Geos their fund invests in USA Bill Gurley Website Stages their fund invests in Seed Series A Series B+ N/A Sectors their fund invests in AI Enterprise Data Devtools Social N/A Avg Check $1M - $15M N/A Leads? Yes N/A Jump to Section About Bill GurleyAbout The FundNotable InvestmentsSheets They're InSimilar Investors Close X

• Bill Gurley - UF Innovate - University of Florida

  Skip to content University of Florida Contact Us Biography UF Innovate | Accelerate Mentors & Advisors Pathways Coaching & Mentorship Ventures IRs & Advisory Board ### Investment Committee & Advisory Council The Investor Committee and Advisory Council members provide review of fund investments and strategic guidance to UF Innovate | Ventures. ##### Bill Gurley Venture Capitalist Linkedin # Bill Gurley ##### Venture Capitalist Bill Gurley has spent nearly 20 years as a General Partner at Benchmark, joining in 1999. Before entering the venture capital business, Bill spent four years on Wall Street as a top-ranked research analyst, including three years at CS First Boston. [...] Bill also maintains a blog on the evolution and economics of high technology businesses called Above the Crowd. Over his venture career, he has worked with such companies as GrubHub (IPO: GRUB), Nextdoor, OpenTable (IPO: OPEN, Acquired by Priceline), Stitch Fix (IPO: SFIX), Uber (IPO: UBER), and Zillow.com (IPO: Z). Bill has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of Texas. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. Bill is a board trustee at the Santa Fe Institute, a research and education center focused on the study and understanding of complex adaptive systems. ### Sid Martin Biotech 12085 Research Dr, Alachua, FL 32615 ##### Mailing Address 12085 Research Dr, Alachua, FL 32615 ##### Phone Number

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  University of Texas at Austin

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  businessperson

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  5/10/1966

• Place Of Birth

  Dickinson