Ben Smith
Consultant / Advisor at CapitalG Management Company LLC
Network origin in Ben Smith first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
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Carnegie Mellon University
 Carnegie Mellon University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 154 |
University of Oxford
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 115 |
CapitalG Management Company LLC
 CapitalG Management Company LLC Investment ManagersFinance CapitalG Management Company LLC (CapitalG) is a private equity division of Alphabet, Inc founded in 2013 by David Lawee. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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| Operating Division | Investment Managers | 86 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Ben Smith via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
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| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Packaged Software | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| ORACLE CORPORATION | Packaged Software | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC. | Managed Health Care | Director/Board Member | |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Investor | |
Renaissance Learning, Inc.
 Renaissance Learning, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| EBAY INC. | Internet Retail | General Counsel Director/Board Member | |
| NETFLIX, INC. | Internet Software/Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Google LLC
 Google LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Google LLC engages in the operation of internet portal and search index website. It provides online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, and software solutions. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on September 4, 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Internet Software/Services | General Counsel Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Investor Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Director/Board Member General Counsel Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Director/Board Member | |
YouTube LLC
 YouTube LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services YouTube LLC hosts user-generated videos which include network and professional content. It is a media company for people to watch and share videos via the internet. The firm allows people to upload, tag, and share personal video clips through the website. The company was founded by Steve S. Chen, Chad Meredith Hurley and Jared Karim in May 2005 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA. | Internet Software/Services | Chief Executive Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| COUPA SOFTWARE INCORPORATED | Packaged Software | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
| Brown University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| Dartmouth College | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree | |
| Stanford University | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
| University of Cambridge | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Northwestern University
 Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses | College/University | Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| The University of Chicago | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| Princeton University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| Santa Clara University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| University of California, Berkeley | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| AIRBNB, INC. | Other Consumer Services | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
Google Ads
 Google Ads Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Part of Alphabet, Inc., Google Ads is a digital advertising platform developed by Google. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company allows advertisers to bid on displaying brief advertisements, service offerings, product listings, or videos to web users. Google Ads can place ads both in the results of search engines like Google Search and on non-search websites, mobile apps, and videos. Discover how online advertising with Google Ads can help grow your business and get customers to sell more with their digital advertising platform. | Advertising/Marketing Services | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor Director/Board Member | |
Stripe, Inc.
 Stripe, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Stripe, Inc. is a technology company, which builds economic infrastructure for the Internet. The firm offers services that enable platforms and merchants to run businesses, and to safely conduct online payment transactions. Its products include payments, billing, connect, payouts, atlas, radar, issuing, terminal, corporate card, capital, SaaS platforms, marketplaces pricing, and global guides. The company was founded by John Collison and Patrick Collison in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Packaged Software | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
| DUOLINGO, INC. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
ZenPayroll, Inc.
 ZenPayroll, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ZenPayroll, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management software. Its Gusto software offers hiring and onboarding, time tracking, and employee finance tools. The company was founded by Edward Kim, Mark Tomer London, and Joshua Reeves in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor | |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Harvard Business School | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Harvard College | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Webflow, Inc.
 Webflow, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Webflow, Inc. engages in the development of software for website design and publishing. It also provides a hosted platform which features a drag-and-drop interface that helps web designers to create and host professional websites without coding. The company was founded by Bryant Chou, Sergie Magdalin, and Vladimir Magdalin in October 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Information Technology Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor | |
| ALPHABET INC. | Internet Software/Services | General Counsel Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Next Insurance, Inc.
 Next Insurance, Inc. Insurance Brokers/ServicesFinance Next Insurance, Inc. engages in the provision of insurance services. Its coverage include business, general liability, professional liability, errors and omissions, commercial auto insurance, workers' compensation, and tools and equipment insurance. The company was founded by Nissim Tapiro, Alon Huri, and Guy Goldstein in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Insurance Brokers/Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Expel, Inc.
 Expel, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Expel, Inc. provides cyber security services. The firm specializes in transparent managed security, resilience recommendations, investigate and respond, snark, security operations, remediation guidance, advanced threat detection, security device monitoring, weekly lunch, incident validation and notification. The company was founded by Yanek Korff, David Merkel and Justin Bajko in 2016 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA. | Information Technology Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Albert Corp.
 Albert Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Albert Corp. designs and develops a software for tracking finances as well as personalized recommendations aimed at increasing overall financial standing. The company was founded by Yinon Ravid and Andrzej Baraniak in 2015 and is headquartered in Culver City, CA. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Armis, Inc.
 Armis, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Armis, Inc. develops internet of thing security services. It offers services to the entrprise, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, retail, and smart cities industries. The company was founded by Yevgeny Dibrov, Nadir Izrael and Tomer Schwartz in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Information Technology Services | Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor | |
Google Cloud
 Google Cloud Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Google Cloud engages in provision of cloud computing services. Its products include BigQuery, Cloud CDN, Cloud Run, Cloud SDK, Cloud SQL, Dataflow, and Google Kubernetes Engine. It offers application modernization, artificial intelligence, business application platform, infrastructure modernization, and database solutions. The company was founded on April 7, 2008 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Packaged Software | Corporate Officer/Principal Director/Board Member Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer Corporate Officer/Principal Private Equity Investor Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Unqork, Inc.
 Unqork, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Unqork, Inc. develops software application solutions. It serves the insurance, financial services, government, and education sectors. The company was founded by Gary Hoberman in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
Whatnot, Inc.
 Whatnot, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Whatnot, Inc. is a livestream shopping platform that connects buyers and sellers in real-time across various categories, including collectibles, fashion, and sneakers. The company is based in Marina del Rey, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. Whatnot's top sellers earn up to eight figures annually using the platform. The platform was founded by collectors and provides rigorous seller vetting and unmatched buyer protection to create a trusted and welcoming space for people to share their passions with others. The company was founded in 2019 by Logan Head and Grant LaFontaine, with Grant LaFontaine serving as the CEO since 2019. | Internet Software/Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor | |
Curated, Inc.
 Curated, Inc. Internet RetailRetail Trade Curated, Inc. operates as an online shopping platform, founded by Eduardo Vivas. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Internet Retail | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor | |
| UIPATH INC. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
Gradient Ventures
 Gradient Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Gradient Ventures (Gradient Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2017 by Zach Bratun Glennon. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | Investment Managers | Director/Board Member Private Equity Investor | |
Dataiku, Inc.
 Dataiku, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Dataiku, Inc. operates as an enterprise data science and machine learning platform. The firm enables enterprises to fundamentally transform their business-global leaders use it to build AI that optimizes marketing budget, enables maintenance services, anticipate market trends or detects fraud, and more. It serves retail, e-commerce, health care, finance, transportation, the public sector, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. The company was founded by Florian Douetteau, Marc Batty, Cl?ment St?nac, and Thomas Cabrol in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Packaged Software | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
Defense Innovation Unit Experimental
 Defense Innovation Unit Experimental Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Defense Innovation Unit Experimental is a Department of Defense organization that works to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology at speed and scale. The American company contract with commercial companies to solves national security problems. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Consultant / Advisor Director/Board Member | |
Strive Health LLC
 Strive Health LLC Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Strive Health LLC provides chronic kidney disease solutions. It delivers a turn-key kidney care service line for health systems and payors, powered by analytics and nephrology caregivers. The company was founded by Will Stokes, Robert Badal and Christopher J. Riopelle and is headquartered in Denver, CO. | Medical/Nursing Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member |
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International
| United States | 46 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
Sectoral
| Technology Services | 21 |
| Consumer Services | 16 |
| Finance | 6 |
| Commercial Services | 4 |
| Health Services | 3 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 175 |
| Private Equity Investor | 97 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 78 |
| Consultant / Advisor | 67 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 56 |
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| Gene J. Frantz | 25 |
| Bonita Stewart | 23 |
| Laela Sturdy | 22 |
| Derek Zanutto | 18 |
| Jesse Wedler | 18 |
| Neal Mohan | 17 |
| James Luo | 16 |
| John Walker | 14 |
| David Graff | 13 |
| Sumiran Das | 12 |
| John Gu | 12 |
| Mary Dively | 11 |
| Lisa Gevelber | 11 |
| Robert Kyncl | 11 |
| Will Grannis | 11 |
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