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Jessica Verrilli

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Jessica Verrilli is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and angel investor, former vice president of corporate development and strategy at Twitter and current general partner at GV.[1][2]

Currently, Verrilli is general partner at GV since May 2018.[1][2] She served as a partner at Google Ventures and rejoined the firm in May 2018.[1][3]

Furthermore, as an angel investor, Verrilli co-founded the women's investing group #Angels.[1][2][3][4]

Education

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Verrilli holds a B.A. in human biology from Stanford University, where she was selected as a Stanford Mayfield Fellow in 2007 and participated on the varsity women's lacrosse team.[1][2][5]

Career

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Verrilli joined the venture capital firm Venrock in early 2008 as an investment associate.[1]

Afterwards, Verrilli served as the senior director of corporate development and strategy at Twitter from 2009 until 2017, focusing on corporate development and strategy while the social network grew from a small startup into a multinational corporation and publicly traded company.[1][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Jessica Verrilli, GV: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "GV / Jessica Verrilli". Google Ventures. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  3. ^ a b Wagner, Kurt (2018-05-01). "Former Twitter M&A executive Jess Verrilli is headed to Google-backed venture firm GV — again". Recode. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. ^ Wagner, Kurt (2015-03-04). "Some of Twitter's Top Execs Create a New Investment Group, '#Angels'". Recode. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  5. ^ a b "Jessica Verrilli Interview - Twitter Exec Career Tips". Refinery29. Retrieved 2019-01-29.