Auren Hoffman

Auren Hoffman
Hoffman and his wife Hallie Alexandra Mitchell
Born	Auren Raphael Hoffman 1974 Mamaroneck, New York, United States
Residence	San Francisco, United States
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Venture Capitalist, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur
Website	blog.summation.net

Auren Raphael Hoffman (born 1974) is an American entrepreneur, angel investor and author.

Hoffman is a son of Amalia Hoffman of Larchmont, New York, and Edward M. Hoffman of Montvale, New Jersey. Amalia Hoffman is an author and illustrator of children’s books. Edward M. Hoffman works in New York as a software engineer and software consultant to the financial industry. Hoffman graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Industrial Engineering in 1996.

In 2011, Hoffman married an assistant U.S. Attorney, Hallie Alexandra Mitchell who graduated from Princeton University, and received a law degree from Northwestern University.Federal judge Barry G. Silverman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Phoenix, Arizona officiated the wedding which was held in Nashotah, Wisconsin.

Hoffman founded Kyber Systems in his junior year at UC Berkeley, as a way to pay for school. Kyber was sold to Human Ingenuity in 1997. Hoffman founded Bridgepath Inc. in 1998, which was acquired by Bullhorn, Inc. in October 2002. In 2002 he sold a website GetRelevant to Lycos. He then became chair of the Stonebrick Group through 2006, which sponsored networking events in the San Francisco area such as one called the Silicon Forum. He reportedly once showed up to a meeting in a rented truck, and parked blocks away to reduce his chances of being seen. Hoffman business style is sometimes referred to as a networker. Hoffman is a speaker at events in the technology industry.