Emerging Leaders step up to success
The Global Corporate Venturing Emerging Leaders Awards profiles the industry’s top 50 people who have been in the industry for more than five years.
Top 10
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #1 Kim Armor
The Top 10: #1 Kim Armor, managing director and chief financial officer, Comcast Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #2 Dave Johnson
The Top 10: #2 Dave Johnson, managing director, Intel Capital
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #3 Jonathan Charles
The Top 10: #3 Jonathan Charles, investment director, Samsung Catalyst Fund
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #4 Amy Daniels Burr
The Top 10: #4 Amy Daniels Burr, managing director, operations and partnerships, JetBlue Technology Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #5 Rashmi Gopinath
The Top 10: #5 Rashmi Gopinath, managing director, M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures)
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #6 Chris Yu
The Top 10: #6 Chris (Haiyang) Yu, managing director of Tencent Investment
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #7 Frank Lee
The Top 10: #7 Frank Lee, investment director, Applied Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #8 Chibo Tang
The Top 10: #8 Chibo Tang, partner, Gobi Partners China
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #9 Michael Lohnert
The Top 10: #9 Michael Lohnert, managing director, Boeing HorizonX Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: #10 Pratima Aiyagari
The Top 10: #10 Pratima Aiyagari, domain lead Europe, artificial intelligence, machine learning and enterprise collaboration acquisitions and investments, Cisco Investments
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order)
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Shinji Asada
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Shinji Asada, head, Salesforce Ventures Japan
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Daniel Ateya
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Daniel Ateya, senior manager, 3M Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Samy Ben Aissa
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Samy Ben Aissa, managing director of corporate development and ventures, Verizon Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Joshua Berg
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Joshua Berg, director of Innovation Ventures, Magna International
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Ben Bergsma
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Ben Bergsma, senior associate, Munich Re Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Kristian Bodek
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kristian Bodek, director of corporate venture capital, National Grid Partners
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Daniel de Macedo
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Daniel de Macedo, strategy and innovation manager, Algar Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Saman Farid
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Saman Farid, head, Baidu Ventures USA
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: John Featherston
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): John Featherston, senior director, Chick-fil-A New Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Teddy Himler
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Teddy Himler, vice-president, SoftBank Group International
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Sherry House
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Sherry House, corporate development officer, Waymo
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Richard Hsu
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Richard Hsu, head of Southeast Asia investments, Susquehanna International Group
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Kunal Jain
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kunal Jain, VC investor, JSW Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Hee Suk Jung
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Hee Suk Jung, head of investment, SK Gas
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Sameer Kenkare
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Sameer Kenkare, venture capital and startup engagement – innovation and partnerships, Amazon Web Services
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Carlos Kokron
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Carlos Kokron, vice-president and managing director, Qualcomm Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Kevin Krejci
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kevin Krejci, business development and alliance manager, Fujitsu Laboratories
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Eugeny Kuznetsov
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Eugeny Kuznetsov, co-founder and CEO, Orbita Capital Partners
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Michael Lee
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Michael Lee, general manager of business solution group, Qisda
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Judith Li
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Judith Li, partner, Lilly Asia Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Dusty Lieb
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Dusty Lieb, partner, Echo Health Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Robert Linck
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Robert Linck, chief investment officer, Shell Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Blake Luse
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Blake Luse, director, Ferguson Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Daniel Malandrin
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Daniel Aguilar Andrijic Malandrin, vice-president of private equity and venture capital, Bradesco and head, InovaBra Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Jade Mandel
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Jade Mandel, vice-president of venture capital and growth equity, GS Growth Team (formerly Principal Strategic Investments Group), Goldman Sachs
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Costantino Mariella
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Costantino Mariella, senior venture capital investment manager, Sony Innovation Fund
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Robert McIntyre
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Robert McIntyre, investment director, LG Technology Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Ravi Mulugu
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Ravi Mulugu, senior investment director, UL Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Rachel Muzyczka
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Rachel Muzyczka, senior associate, DMG Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Marian Nakada
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Marian Nakada, vice-president of venture investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Anna Ohlsson-Baskerville
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Anna Ohlsson-Baskerville, director, Unilever Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Nathan Pascarella
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Nathan Pascarella, business development manager, Hypertherm Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Masood Pirzada
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Masood Pirzada, vice-president of strategy and business development, Presidio Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Osei Van Horne & Matthew Raubacher
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Osei Van Horne and Matthew Raubacher, managing directors, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital Technology Division
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Yair Snir
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Yair Snir, vice-president and managing director, Dell Technologies Capital
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Rohen Sood
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Rohen Sood, general partner, Reinventure
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Adit Swarup
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Adit Swarup, partner, Rakuten Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Kazuyoshi Torii
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Kazuyoshi Torii, head of open innovation promotion office, Hitachi
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: John Wei
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): John Wei, senior investment manager, Sabic Ventures
GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: William Zhao
The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): William (Penglan) Zhao, vice-president, Bertelsmann Asia Investments
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