Connie Chan is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley-based technology venture capital firm with over $7 billion under management, where she focuses on investing in consumer technology. Chan joined the firm in 2011 as a deal partner on the investment team before becoming a general partner in 2018. She serves on the boards of Cider, Whatnot, and KoBold.

Before joining Andreessen Horowitz, Chan worked at HP, leading its webOS efforts in China. She started her career as a private equity investor at Elevation Partners, investing in media and entertainment. She is well-known across Silicon Valley for her deep knowledge of the Chinese consumer technology landscape and is often tapped as an expert to translate how trends may move from Asia to the west.

Chan has been named among LinkedIn’s NextWave Top Professionals 35 and Under, Wired’s Next 20 Tech Visionaries, and Fast Company’s Most Creative People 2017. She won a Sidney award for her writing on WeChat and is a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. She received her BA in economics and MS in management science and engineering from Stanford University.

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