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Peter Fenton (venture capitalist) - Wikipedia

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Peter Fenton (born July 1972) is an American venture capitalist based in Silicon Valley. He is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm. Fenton has been a perennial member on the Forbes Midas List since 2007,[1][2][3][4][5] earning the number 2 spot in 2015.[6] Fenton graduated with a BA in philosophy and an MBA from Stanford University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa and an Arjay Miller Scholar, and spent seven years as a partner with Accel Partners. He began his career at Bain & Company and was also an early employee at Virage[7] before joining Benchmark in 2006.[8][9] Fenton's investing style has been summarized as, “Wait until right before the company’s rising ‘adoption curve’ meets the declining ‘risk curve.’”[10] He backed Twitter when it had only 25 employees.[4] He invested early in Yelp in 2006.[10] Noted for his expertise in open source technology, Fenton has invested in JBoss (acquired by Red Hat), SpringSource (acquired by VMware) and Zimbra,[11] which wa

Peter Fenton (venture capitalist) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American venture capitalist Peter Fenton Fenton in 2013 Born July 1972 ( 1972-07 ) (age 54) Alma mater Stanford University Occupation Venture capitalist Employer General Partner at Benchmark Spouse Kate Fenton Peter Fenton (born July 1972) is an American venture capitalist based in Silicon Valley . He is a general partner at Benchmark , a venture capital firm. Fenton has been a perennial member on the Forbes Midas List since 2007, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] earning the number 2 spot in 2015.

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