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Fred Wilson Profile

Fred Wilson is an American businessman, venture capitalist and blogger. Wilson is the co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a New York City-based venture capital firm with investments in Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Zynga, Kickstarter, Etsy and MongoDB.

Current Work

Founder & PartnerUnion Square Ventures
Founder & Managing PartnerFlatiron Partner

Previous Work

General PartnerEuclid Partners
1991 – 1996
AssociateEuclid Partners
1987 – 1991

Education

The Wharton SchoolMBA, Finance
1985 – 1987
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySB, Mechanical Engineering
1979 – 1983
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