Nick Hanauer
| Nick Hanauer | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 57–58) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, entrepreneur, venture capitalist |
| Nationality | USA |
| Notable works | The True Patriot |
| Spouse | Leslie Hanauer |
| Relatives | Adrian Hanauer |
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Nick Hanauer (born 1959) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist living in Shoreline, Washington.
After earning his philosophy degree from the University of Washington, Hanauer got his business start at the family-owned Pacific Coast Feather Company, where he continues to serve as co-chair and CEO. In the 1980s he co-founded Museum Quality Framing Company, a large West Coast franchise.
In the 1990s Hanauer was the first non-family investor in Amazon.com (where he served as adviser to the board until 2000). He founded gear.com (which eventually merged with ) and Avenue A Media (which in 2007, under the new name aQuantive, was acquired by Microsoft for $6.4 billion).
In 2000, Hanauer co-formed the Seattle-based venture capital company, Second Avenue Partners. The company advises and funds early stage companies such as HouseValuesQliance, and Newsvine.
Hanauer is co-founder of The True Patriot Network, a progressive think tank framed upon the ideas he and Eric Liu presented in their 2007 book espousing patriotic progressivism, The True Patriot.
Hanauer and his wife, Leslie, co-manage The Nick and Leslie Hanauer Foundation "which focuses on public education and the environment, and additionally supports a variety of progressive causes locally and nationally."
Hanauer is active in the Seattle community and Washington’s public education system. He co-founded the League of Education Voters (LEV), a non-partisan political organization dedicated to improving the quality of public education in Washington. He also serves on the boards of Cascade Land Conservancy, The University of Washington Foundation.
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