Bill Maris

Bill Maris
Alma mater	Middlebury College
Known for	Founder, Google Ventures (GV) VP of Special Projects at Google Founder Burlee.com (now part of Web.com) Founder, Calico Investor in Uber, Nest, Adimab, 23andme, Kobalt Music Group, The Climate Corp, Silver Spring Networks

Bill Maris is an entrepreneur and prominent venture capitalist focused on technology and the life sciences. He is the founder and first CEO of Google Ventures (GV). With $3.0 billion under management and investments in Uber and Nest, GV was described as one of the hottest venture funds in Silicon Valley under his leadership. Maris oversaw the growth of the team from 1 to 70+, across 7 offices, 2 continents, and 400 investments, including Nest, Uber, Flatiron Health, Impossible Foods, Editas, Iperian, Grail, Orbital Insights, Cloudera, Carbon 3D, Slack, Docusign, Adimab, The Climate Corporation, Silver Spring Networks, Kobalt Music Group and 23andme. Maris has particular interest in the life sciences and artificial intelligence. He is the creator of Google's Calico project, a multi-billon dollar company focused on the genetic basis of aging. He is the founder of early web hosting pioneer Burlee.com, now part of Web.com, and most recently the founder of Section 32, a San Diego-based venture fund focused on frontier technology, and a practicing magician.

Maris' background includes research at the Duke University Medical Center Department of Neurobiology. He has a degree in neuroscience from Middlebury College. Maris began his career as a biotechnology and healthcare portfolio manager for Swedish investment firm Investor AB, where he and Anne Wojiciki shared an office. In 1997, Maris founded one of the first Web hosting companies, Burlee.com, and built the company's original computing, network and technological infrastructure after teaching himself to code from books purchased at the local Barnes & Noble. Burlee was subsequently acquired by Interland, Inc. and renamed Web.com.

Maris founded GV, formerly Google Ventures, in 2008-2009 as the venture capital investment arm of Google Inc. He was responsible for the fund's strategy and management, and oversaw $3.0 billion in investments in technology and the life sciences. Maris grew GV into the most successful corporate venture fund of all time, with $3.0 billion under management, more than 350 portfolio companies, and offices in San Francisco, Boston, New York, Seattle, Mountain View, CA, and London. Notable Google Ventures investments include Uber, Nest, Foundation Medicine, DocuSign, and Flatiron Health.

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