General Partner at Benchmark Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- General Partner at Benchmark Capital
- Advisor at Facebook
- Board of Governors at San Francisco Symphony
- Board of Directors at Do Something
- Past
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- VP Product Management at Facebook
- General Manager/VP at LinkedIn
- Consultant, Silicon Valley Office (Palo Alto, CA) at McKinsey & Company
- B.A. with Honors and Distinction (New Haven, CT) at Yale University
- Marketing (Beijing, China) at AsiaInfo
- Education
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- Yale University
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Matt Cohler’s Experience
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General Partner
Benchmark Capital
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
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Advisor
Facebook
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
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Board of Governors
San Francisco Symphony
(Non-Profit; Music industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
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Board of Directors
Do Something
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
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VP Product Management
Facebook
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
February 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 9 months)
Founded in February 2004, Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment. Facebook is a part of the lives of over one hundred million active users all around the world.
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General Manager/VP
LinkedIn
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years)
LinkedIn is an online network of more than 20 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries.
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Consultant, Silicon Valley Office (Palo Alto, CA)
McKinsey & Company
(Partnership; Management Consulting industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years)
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm.
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B.A. with Honors and Distinction (New Haven, CT)
Yale University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
1995 — 2001 (6 years)
Coursework in: Accounting, Computer Science, Discrete Mathematics, Corporate Finance, German, Macroeconomics, Mandarin Chinese, and Music Theory. Took two one-year leaves of absence for work.
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Marketing (Beijing, China)
AsiaInfo
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA) is a leading provider of high-quality telecom software solutions and IT security products and services to some of China's largest enterprises as well as many small and medium-sized companies in China.
Matt Cohler’s Education
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Yale University
BA with honors and distinction , Music Theory, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, German, Mandarin Chinese , 1995 — 2001
Took two one-year leaves of absence for work. Please see above under "Experience" for additional details.
- Activities and Societies:
- Please see above under "Experience"
