Chris Hollod
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Hollod in 2016
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Chris Hollod December 9, 1982 Georgia, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Venture Capitalist, Angel Investor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Website | www |
Chris Hollod is a venture capitalist and an angel investor.
Hollod graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Economics. Hollod grew up in Atlanta and ultimately moved to LA in 2009 to start working for multi-billionaire investor Ron Burkle. Prior to joining A-Grade Investments, Hollod worked in Investment Banking and Private Equity.
Hollod has worked with Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Ron Burkle as a Managing Partner at their venture capital fund, A-Grade Investments. Hollod also worked for The Yucaipa Companies and oversees Ron Burkle's venture capital investments and has been referred to in the press as "Ron Burkle's right-hand man." In 2012, A-Grade Investments raised money from several billionaires including David Geffen and Mark Cuban.
In March 2016, Forbes released a comprehensive article on A-Grade Investments entitled "How Ashton Kutcher And Guy Oseary Built A $250 Million Portfolio With Startups Like Uber And Airbnb." The Forbes article states that the team turned $30m into $250m, representing almost an 8.5x investment multiple.
Hollod is also a Founding Partner of Inevitable Ventures with D.A. Wallach. He has also acted as an angel investor by investing his own money in deals, including the restaurant chain Sweetgreen and aerospace start-up Planet.
Hollod has been involved in more than 100 venture capital deals (Uber, AirBnB, Spotify, and SoundCloud) and was named one of the 32 most influential investors of 2013 (outside Silicon Valley).
Fortune included Hollod in its "Meet the Uber Rich" article as an early investor in Uber and the LA Times published a feature on him entitled "How I Made It: A Billionaire's Right-Hand Man." He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and LA Times as a venture capital expert and he has also judged several start-up competitions including Global Startup Battle and Start-Up Weekend Los Angeles.
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