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Matt Cohler 
Matt Cohler, January 2008Born March 27, 1977 (age 34)
New York, NYNationality American Alma mater Yale University Occupation venture capitalist Employer general partner at Benchmark Capital Known for former VP of Product Management, Facebook Matt Cohler (born March 27, 1977) is an American venture capitalist based in Silicon Valley. He worked as Vice President of Product Management for Facebook until June 2008[1] and is currently a general partner at Benchmark Capital.[2]
Cohler was one of the first five employees hired at Facebook[3] and worked with the team during many of its critical growth phases. He continues to act as a "special advisor" to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.[4] Prior to Facebook, Cohler was Vice President and General Manager at LinkedIn and was a member of the founding team.[5] At LinkedIn, Cohler was considered CEO Reid Hoffman's right-hand man.[6] Cohler also worked in China and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.[7] On August 24, 2011, Cohler announced that he will join the board of the newly for-profit community website CouchSurfing.[8]
References
- ^ Ha, Anthony (June 19, 2008). "Facebook's Matt Cohler leaves for Benchmark Capital". VentureBeat. http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/19/facebooks-matt-cohler-leaves-for-benchmark-capital/. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ Kincaid, J. (October 29, 2008). "VCs Speak on the Economic Downturn: Batten Down the Hatches", TechCrunch.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (June 19, 2008). "Facebook's Matt Cohler leaves for Benchmark Capital". VentureBeat. http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/19/facebooks-matt-cohler-leaves-for-benchmark-capital/. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ Ante, Spencer (June 19, 2008). "Big Loss: Matt Cohler Leaves Facebook". Bloomberg Businessweek. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2008/06/big_loss_matt_cohler_leaves_facebook.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ Matt Cohler at CrunchBase. Retrieved on 2009-30-04.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, David. The Facebook Effect. p. 105.
- ^ Swisher, Kara (June 19, 2008). "Facebook's Matt Cohler to Benchmark". AllThings D. http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080619/facebooks-matt-cohler-to-benchmark/. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ Lacy, Sarah (August 24, 2011). "CouchSurfing Raises $7.6 M; Will Users Cry “Sell Out”?". TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/couchsurfing-raises-7-6-m-will-users-cry-sell-out/. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
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