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Spencer Chavez, a GCV Rising Stars 2020 winner, has stepped down from his position as principal at Salesforce Ventures to join KKR.
Contents list for GCV's 50 rising stars in corporate venturing 2020
The Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards profiles the industry’s top 50 people who have entered the industry in the past five years with aplomb and notable success.
The Top 10: #1 Ashutosh Sharma, India head of investments and M&A, Prosus Ventures (formerly Naspers Ventures)
The Top 10: #2 Ling Ge, chief European representative, Tencent
The Top 10: #3 Andy Cao, principal, Comcast Ventures
The Top 10: #4 Lydia Jett, partner, Americas, SoftBank Investment Advisers
The Top 10: #5 Elana Lian, investment director, Intel Capital
The Top 10: #6 Spencer Chavez, principal, Salesforce Ventures
The Top 10: #7 Ademidun (Demi) Edosomwan, emerging market lead, Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures
The Top 10: #8 Carrie Hurwitz Williams, principal, McKesson Ventures
The Top 10: #9 Samir Kumar, managing director, M12
The Top 10: #10 Asif Moosani, investor, Gradient Ventures
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Ippei Akiyoshi, corporate venture capital and business incubation manager, Mineral Resources Group, Mitsubishi Corporation
The Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards profiles the industry’s top 50 people who have entered the industry in the past five years with aplomb and notable success.
The Top 10: #1 Ashutosh Sharma, India head of investments and M&A, Prosus Ventures (formerly Naspers Ventures)
The Top 10: #2 Ling Ge, chief European representative, Tencent
The Top 10: #3 Andy Cao, principal, Comcast Ventures
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