David Krane is the CEO and managing partner at
GV, where he was responsible for investments in
Uber
Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service, ride-hailing (allowing users to book a car and driver to transport them in a way similar to a taxi), food delivery (Uber Eats and Postmates), package ...
,
Nest Labs
Google Nest is a line of smart home products including smart speakers, smart displays, streaming devices, thermostats, smoke detectors, routers and security systems including smart doorbells, cameras and smart locks.
The Nest brand name was ...
,
HomeAway
HomeAway was a vacation rental marketplace. It operated through 50 websites in 23 languages through which it offered rentals of cabins, condos, castles, villas, barns, and farmhouses.
Founded in February 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, ...
, and
Blue Bottle Coffee
Blue Bottle Coffee, Inc., is a coffee roaster and retailer once headquartered in Oakland, California, United States. In 2017, a majority stake in the company was acquired by Nestlé (68%). It is considered a major player in third wave coffee. T ...
.
He was
Google
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employee #84.
Krane received his
Bachelor of Arts
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in
journalism
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from
Indiana University Bloomington
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. He currently serves on the Dean's advisory board for the IU School of Informatics and Computer Science. David is also a trustee of San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum of Art.
References
Google people
Indiana University Bloomington alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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