Biography:Terri Burns
Terri Burns | |
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Born | February 22, 1994 |
Alma mater | New York University |
Occupation | Partner, GV Engineer, Venmo |
Terri Burns is an investor and partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures). After joining the company in 2017 as a principal, she was promoted and became the youngest partner and first Black woman partner at GV in 2020.[1]
Early life and education
Burns was born on February 22, 1994[2] and was raised in California.[3] She graduated from New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences with a bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2016,[4][5] and in 2021, became the youngest member in history to serve on the university's Board of Trustees.[3]
Career
Burns joined the GV team in 2017 as a principal investor. In 2020, she became the youngest partner and first Black woman partner at GV.[6] In 2021, she became the youngest member of the NYU Board of Trustees at age 27, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.[7][8] Her first investment was a $1 million seed round in Have a Great Summer (HAGS), a Gen-Z-founded startup and social network.[9] Previously, she was a front-end engineer at Venmo and an associate product manager at Twitter where she met the GV team.[10]
Burns was also a contributing writer for publications including Teen Vogue and Forbes , documenting her journey into product management and the technology sector.
Awards
References
- ↑ Courtney Connley (October 22, 2020). "Meet Terri Burns, the youngest and first Black female partner at GV, formerly known as Google Ventures". CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/22/this-26-year-old-is-gvs-first-black-female-partner.html. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ↑ Terri Burns (February 22, 2016). "Terri Turns Twenty-Two". tcburning. https://tcburning.com/birthday. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Communications, NYU Web. "Meet Trustee Terri Burns" (in en). http://www.nyu.edu/content/nyu/en/about/news-publications/news/2021/october/meet-trustee-terri-burns.
- ↑ Lucinda Shen (October 14, 2020). "GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, elevates its first Black female investing partner". Fortune. https://fortune.com/2020/10/14/gv-formerly-known-as-google-ventures-elevates-its-first-black-female-investing-partner/. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ↑ "Terri Burns" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/profile/terri-burns/.
- ↑ Courtney Connley (October 22, 2020). "Meet Terri Burns, the youngest and first Black female partner at GV, formerly known as Google Ventures". CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/22/this-26-year-old-is-gvs-first-black-female-partner.html. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ↑ "Meet Trustee Terri Burns". October 18, 2021. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2021/october/meet-trustee-terri-burns.html.
- ↑ "2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list". March 31, 2022. https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2021/venture-capital/?profile=terri-burns.
- ↑ Lucas Matney (September 28, 2020). "GV bets on young team behind high school social app HAGS". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/28/gv-bets-on-young-team-behind-high-school-social-app-hags/. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ↑ Anthony Ha (April 12, 2021). "GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/12/gv-partner-terri-burns-is-joining-us-to-judge-the-startup-battlefield/. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ↑ Liwen-Edison Fu (January 21, 2021). "GCV Rising Stars Awards 2021". Global Corporate Venturing. https://globalcorporateventuring.com/gcv-rising-stars-awards-2021-terri-burns/. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
External links
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri Burns.
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