Middlebury's Google alum returns to campus

MIDDLEBURY — Google Ventures founder and CEO Bill Maris will speak at Middlebury College on Monday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in Wilson Hall. During a talk titled "Vermont, Silicon Valley, and the Future," Maris, a Middlebury alumnus, will reflect on a career path that took him from Addison County to Silicon Valley, and discuss how innovation and entrepreneurs will shape the future. Maris is a venture capitalist and the CEO at GV, a venture capital firm established by Maris and funded through Alphabet. With approximately $2.4 billion under management and investments in Uber and Nest, the six-year-old fund is described as one of the hottest in Silicon Valley. Maris oversees all of GV's funding activity and has a particular interest in next generation life sciences and artificial intelligence. He was instrumental in the formation of Google's Calico project. Maris's 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 Investor AB. In 1997, Maris founded one of the first Web hosting companies, Burlee.com, and built much of the company's computing, network and technological infrastructure. Burlee was subsequently acquired by Web.com.

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