David Lee
Chief Corp Development Officer
Description:
David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business. After Google, David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20& acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel. In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC. David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations). BloombergBusinessweek “Google’s Real Power†flic.kr/p/7FVJgr The Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/2UEQAuj Decoding Silicon Valley: goo.gl/ZFAefz Techcrunch: goo.gl/9q9chz Top Angel Investors: goo.gl/4eqfbm “New Silicon Valley Stars of Korean Descent†goo.gl/ZwFCu6 "[슈í¼ë¦¬ì¹˜]실리콘밸리 뉴 코리안 슈í¼ë¦¬ì¹˜" goo.gl/WBQOf0 “스타트업 눈앞 ì´ìµë§Œ..." goo.gl/KB78mC Sina News: bit.ly/2QaCqAc
Summary:
David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and ...
Number of Registered Investments:16
Contact Details:
- Address: Palo Alto, California, United States
- No email is provided
Location:Palo Alto, California, United States
Email is Not Provided
Phone Number:Palo Alto, California, United States
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