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Jeff Epstein

Bessemer Venture Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Work Experience

  • Operating Partner

    2011

    Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) invests in early-stage and hyper-growth startups, partnering closely with entrepreneurs to build durable businesses. BVP is a global firm with offices in Menlo Park, San Francisco, Cambridge, New York, Bangalore and Herzliya. With $4 billion under management, BVP invests anywhere from $100,000 to $75 million in innovative companies like Pinterest, Twilio, Box, LinkedIn, Shopify, Yelp, Skype and CornerstoneOnDemand. Over 100 BVP companies have gone public – in the last three years alone, BVP has had 46 exits (IPO and M&A) and made new investments in more than 85 companies

  • Chair, Board Of Directors

    2017

    More than 2 million developers around the world have used Twilio to unlock the magic of communications to improve any human experience. Twilio has democratized communications channels like voice, text, chat, and video by virtualizing the world’s telecommunications infrastructure through APIs that are simple enough for any developer to use, yet robust enough to power the world’s most demanding applications. By making communications a part of every software developer's toolkit, Twilio is enabling innovators across every industry — from emerging leaders to the world’s largest organizations — to reinvent how companies engage with their customers.

2021

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2021

    Okta is the leading independent identity provider.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2013

    Kaiser Permanente is recognized as one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. 10 million members, $56 billion revenue, 37 hospitals, 18,000 doctors, $2.2 billion annual investment in community benefits. Founded in 1945, our mission is to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert medical teams are supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, care delivery and chronic disease management. Our vision: To be the leader in Total Health by making lives better.

  • Lecturer, Department of Management Science & Engineering and Graduate School of Business

    2014

    Engineering 245: The Lean LaunchPad: Getting Your Lean Startup Off the Ground Finance 582: Chief Financial Officer Leadership

2012 - 2021

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2012 - 2021

    Shutterstock is a leading global provider of high-quality licensed photographs, vectors, illustrations and videos to businesses, marketing agencies and media organizations around the world.

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2003 - 2019

    Booking Holdings is the world’s leading provider of online travel & related services, provided to consumers and local partners in over 200 countries through six primary brands: Booking.com, priceline.com, KAYAK, agoda.com, rentalcars.com, and OpenTable. Market value of $100 billion.

2008 - 2011

  • Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

    2008 - 2011

    Oracle is one of the world's largest technology companies, with a market valuation of over $150 billion.

2002 - 2004

  • Chief Financial Officer, Media Measurement and Information Group

    2002 - 2004

    Nielsen is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy.

1998 - 2002

  • Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

    1998 - 2002

    DoubleClick is a premier provider of digital marketing technology and services, now owned by Google. The world's top marketers, publishers and agencies utilize DoubleClick's expertise in ad serving, rich media, video, mobile, search and affiliate marketing to help them make the most of the digital medium. From its position at the nerve center of digital marketing, DoubleClick provides superior insights and insider knowledge to its customers.