Eric Hippeau
Eric Hippeau | |
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Born | Lycee Francais de Londres | August 16, 1951
Occupation(s) | Investor, businessperson |
Eric Hippeau is a partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures in New York City.
Early life and education
Hippeau graduated from the
Career
Hippeau joined
Hippeau joined
Hippeau was President of SoftBank International Ventures, where he established SoftBank's international private equity funds and expanded them into Europe, Latin America and Asia. He was also SB Capital's board representative for its direct investments in companies, such as
Hippeau was also responsible for founding
Hippeau was the CEO of
In 2011, Hippeau became a partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures in New York City.[2]
Boards and committees
Hippeau serves on the boards of several public and private companies including Resorts Worldwide, BuddyMedia, and BuzzFeed.[9] He served on Yahoo!'s board of directors .[10] He is also on the investment committee for the SB Asia Infrastructure Fund.
Personal life
Hippeau lives in New York City with his wife, Barbara; they have four children and two grandchildren.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Flynn, Laurie (19 June 1994). "Sound Bytes; the Polyglot Wordsmith of Ziff". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "Eric C. Hippeau: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ a b Laurie Flynn (June 19, 1994). "Sound Bytes; The Polyglot Wordsmith of Ziff". The New York Times.
- Advertising Age.
- ^ Dan Frommer (June 15, 2009). "Huffington Post Names Eric Hippeau CEO". Business Insider.
- ^ Swisher, Kara (October 20, 2009). "As Traffic Booms, Is HuffPo Ready to Make Some Real Dough?". All Things Digital.
- Softbank Capital. Archived from the originalon April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ Josh Sternberg (November 9, 2012). "Can NowThis News Crack Mobile Video?". Digiday.
- ^ "Softbank Executive to Lead Huffington Post". The New York Times. June 16, 2009.
- ^ Kara Swisher (February 4, 2011). "Exclusive: HuffPo's Eric Hippeau Stepping Down From Yahoo Board as Akamai's David Kenny Steps In". All Things Digital.