Portrait of Theresia Gouw

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Theresia Gouw

Net worth $1.2B

Venture capital · United States

Born
Mar 19, 1968
Age
58
Source
Venture capital
Residence
Palo Alto, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Brown University; Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Theresia Gouw launched Acrew Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm in 2019; it now manages $1.7 billion in gross assets.
  • In 2014 she cofounded venture capital firm Aspect Ventures with Jennifer Fonstad; in 2019 the two women parted ways.
  • Gouw earned her stripes in the VC world at Accel, where she spent 15 years and was the firm's first female partner.
  • Successful investments she led while at Accel included bets on real estate site Trulia and cybersecurity firm Imperva.
  • She is chair of education nonprofit DonorsChoose and a board member at ONE, a nonprofit focused on ending poverty.
  • Gouw has appeared on the Forbes Midas List of the most successful venture capitalists, seven times.
  • An engineering major at Brown University, she considered switching to sociology but was persuaded not to by her father.

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