Elad Gil

Elad Gil is an entrepreneur, investor, and author who has been one of the most active and successful early-stage investors in Silicon Valley. He co-founded Color Genomics (a health genomics company) and worked at Twitter and Google before transitioning to full-time investing. His book "High Growth Handbook" (2018), featuring conversations with prominent Silicon Valley figures, became essential reading for startup founders and executives navigating the challenges of rapid company scaling. As an angel investor and early-stage VC, Gil made investments in Airbnb, Coinbase, Stripe, Instacart, Gusto, and hundreds of other companies that became billion-dollar businesses. His pattern-recognition from working inside and investing in multiple hypergrowth companies has made him one of the most credible operational advisors in technology.