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ON THE MOVE

Kirsten
Green

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HELPING OTHERS.
K irsten Green is a venture Her expertise has paid off. By 2017, according
capitalist with a flair for to CB Insights, Green became one of the top
helping companies make it to tier venture capital investors of the world.
the big leagues. This is due in large part to two successful
early stage investment payoffs. In 2016
Green graduated from UCLA with a degree Unilever bought one: the Dollar Shave Club
in business economics, though never went for one billion dollars U.S. In the same year
to business school. Her business acuity was another of Forerunner Ventures’ investments,
gleaned in retail. She founded Forerunner Amazon competitor Jet.com, was given over
Ventures in 2007. Her genius is in analyzing to Walmart for a tidy $3.3 billion.
consumer behaviors and brand building.
For Green it is all about “original thinking,” “I’m still working to persuade the VC
something she says is “paramount as an ecosystem that the evolution of the retail
investor seeking outsized investment sector is ripe for more multi billion-dollar

returns,” as reported in a CNN interview by venture outcomes.” -Kirsten Green
Poppy Harlow and Haley Draining.

Photos Courtesy Of: Darryl nitke, WSJ.

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