Fred Wilson

Investor Type

Venture Capitalist

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Fred Wilson is an American businessman, venture capitalist and blogger. Wilson is the co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a New York City-based venture capital firm with investments in Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Zynga, Kickstarter, Etsy and MongoDB.

General Georges Doriot Lectureship: Fred Wilson

April 13, 2017 - The General Georges Doriot Lectureship Series was recently established by Michael M. Koerner, SB ‘49 in honor of General Georges Doriot. A friend and mentor to Mr. Koerner, General Doriot is considered to be the father of venture capitalism. Along with former MIT President Karl Compton, he founded one of the earliest venture capital firms which encouraged private sector investments in business run by soldiers returning from World War II. The lectureship will highlight topics related to venture creation, innovation, and venture capital.

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Fred Wilson, Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures

Fred Wilson has been a venture capitalist since 1986 and is undoubtedly one of the most well known VCs in the tech space.  He is the managing partner at both Union Square Ventures and Flatiron Partners. Having seen many ups and downs in the tech economy throughout his career, we will hear Fred's unique view on the Next 10 years.

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Fred Wilson - AVC

MBA Mondays

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