Mary Meeker earned the nickname 'Queen of the Internet' in the 1990s for her Internet Trends reports, published annually from 1995 through 2019, which synthesized hundreds of data points into directionally accurate predictions about where technology was heading - reports so influential that CEOs would rearrange their schedules to read them the day they dropped. She spent nearly a decade leading Kleiner Perkins' growth investing practice, backing Facebook, Spotify, Airbnb, Uber, and Slack, before an internal power struggle led her to leave in September 2018 and found Bond Capital with three fellow Kleiner alumni. Bond has grown into a $5.9 billion growth-equity platform applying Meeker's research-driven, data-first investment discipline to late-stage technology companies, with Canva - backed since 2019 and now valued at $42 billion - as its signature bet, alongside Applied Intuition, Checkr, and AI voice company ElevenLabs.
Education
BA, DePauw University
MBA, Cornell University (Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management)
Previous Experience
Stockbroker, Merrill Lynch
Analyst, Morgan Stanley (technology & internet research)
Growth Practice Partner, Kleiner Perkins (2010-2019)
Publishes the first edition of her annual Internet Trends report while at Morgan Stanley, becoming the technology industry's most anticipated single document for the next two decades.
2010
Joins Kleiner Perkins, leading its growth investing practice and backing Facebook, Spotify, Airbnb, Uber, Slack, and Plaid.
2018
Leaves Kleiner Perkins in September, following an internal power struggle over the firm's direction, and founds Bond Capital with Mood Rowghani, Noah Knauf, and Juliet de Baubigny.
2019
Bond closes its $1.25 billion debut fund in April and makes its first investment, $70 million into Canva, in May.
2024
Revives the Internet Trends report after a five-year hiatus.