I am an immigrant, a recovering New Yorker transplanted to the Bay Area, a husband, a father (where’s the manual?!), a writer, a student, and the dog parent of a very goofy poodle. Learning new things is the most rewarding thing I do.

I’ve been a VC investor for more than 30 years. I began my career at General Atlantic, was an early partner at Insight Partners, went on to co-manage TH Lee Putnam Ventures and then co-founded Kubera Partners. I led my first investments in Asia and Europe near the start of my career which shaped my global perspective and informs much of what I do today.

In 2013, I founded Amasia with John to build a uniquely global VC firm that was thesis-driven, artisanal, and founder-responsible.

I chair the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. I also serve on the Board of Penn Medicine and the Penn Investment Office. I serve as Global Coordinator of the Penn Alumni Ambassador Program. I formerly chaired the Board of Advisors of the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn, and served on the board of Penn’s Center for the Advanced Study of India.

I serve on the Advisory Council of the Natural Capital Project at Stanford University. I have been the seed funder and board member of several NGOs over the years including SF Goodwill and the Housing and Community Development Committee of San Mateo County. I remain closely associated with Magic Bus, an NGO that works with 500,000 at-risk children in South Asia.

I have a B.S.E. in Computer Science and Engineering, a B.S. in Economics, and a Master of Liberal Arts, all from Penn; and am enrolled in the Master of Liberal Arts program at Stanford.

I once played a saxophone-wielding New York City cab driver in a short film. Really.