Lee Hower is a co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures. His firm bio states he started his career as an early employee of PayPal in product and business development, remaining through the 2002 IPO and sale to eBay, and that he was a co-founder of LinkedIn, where he led analytics, finance and operations teams in the company's early startup years. He began his venture capital career as a Principal at PJC, a Boston-based early-stage firm, before NextView. He studied in the University of Pennsylvania's Management & Technology program, earning a BAS in Systems Engineering and a BS in Economics from Wharton, and was Wharton's commencement speaker in 2000.
Education
B.A.S. Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (Management & Technology program)
B.S. Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Previous Experience
Early employee in product and business development, PayPal (through its 2002 IPO and sale to eBay)
Co-founder, LinkedIn (led analytics, finance and operations teams in the company's early years)
Principal, PJC (Boston-based early-stage venture capital firm)