Hemant Taneja

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Hemant Taneja is the CEO and Managing Director of the global venture capital firm General Catalyst, which partners with mission-driven founders from seed to growth stage and beyond to build companies that are fundamentally aligned with the long-term interests of society.
 
He is a multi-year Midas List investor, a best-selling author and a founder. His career includes early investments in world class companies like Stripe, Samsara (NYSE: IOT), Snap (NYSE: SNAP), ClassDojo, Grammarly, Gusto, Applied Intuition, and Anduril. He has also hatched numerous companies like Commure, Tendo and Livongo, which was acquired by Teladoc in an $18.5B merger, the largest in digital health history.

He is the author of the three best selling books including the most recent Intended Consequences: How to Build Market-Leading Companies with Responsible Innovation (a Forbes Top Ten Business Book of 2022). He is also the co-founder of Responsible Innovation Labs, a non-profit consortium of leaders aiming to re-center technology as a force for good.
 
Hemant holds five degrees from MIT, is the co-founder and Chairman of Advanced Energy Economy, and is a founding board member of Khan Lab School.

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