Nick Hanauer is an #entrepreneur, #venture_capitalist, #philanthropist, and #author. [1]

Hanauer has managed, founded, or financed 37 companies across a broad range of industries, creating an aggregate market value of tens of billions of dollars. He was the first non-family investor in Amazon and served as a board advisor for 5 years. He also founded Aquantive Inc., a global leader in digital advertising which was purchased by Microsoft in 2007 for $6.4 billion. Other companies he’s launched, funded, or managed include Insitu (purchased by Boeing for $400 million), Market Leader (purchased by Trulia in 2013 for $350 million), Marchex, Newsvine, Real Self, Modumetal Inc., Seeq Corp, Flexe, Juno Therapeutics, and Seattle Bank. Hanauer got his start in the family business, Pacific Coast Feather Company—a national leader in home textiles. [2]

I was introduced to Nick by John Zdanowski.

References

Nick Hanauer, Wikipedia
Nick Hanauer, nickhanauer.com