George Hu
InvestorVenture Partner at Benchmark
San Francisco, California
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
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768 people in our graph share verified history with George — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Viviana FagaunlockedGeorge: together at Salesforce (2004–2010)
×2George: together at Harvard University
×5George: together at Salesforce
×3George: together at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Experience
- Fireworks AIPresidentcurrent2026 — present
- BenchmarkVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
- AirtableMember Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- World ReliefBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- YelpMember Board Of Directors2019 — 2025San Francisco, CA, United States
- Twilio Inc.Chief Operating Officer2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Peer - Feedback at workFounder2014 — 2016San Francisco, CA
- Salesforce.comChief Operating Officer2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Salesforce.comEVP Platform and Marketing2010 — 2011
- Salesforce.comEVP Marketing and Alliances2008 — 2010
- Salesforce.comEVP Products and Marketing2007 — 2008
- Salesforce.comChief Marketing Officer2006 — 2007
- Salesforce.comSVP Applications2005 — 2006
- Salesforce.comVP, Sales Force Automation2004 — 2005San Francisco Bay Area
- Salesforce.comDirector of Product Marketing2003 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
- Salesforce.comProduct Manager, SMB products2002 — 2003
- NorthPoint CommunicationsProduct Manager, Voice over DSL1997 — 2000
Skills & more
Strategy44Negotiation15Cloud Computing98Analytics70Sales Process52Social Enterprise33Strategic Partnerships44Positioning23Product Management35Start-ups28Investments12CRM16
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Quantitative AnalyticsSocial CommerceSolution SellingProduct MarketingCustomer Experience ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyLead GenerationPaaSCompetitive AnalysisSaaSEnterprise SoftwareFrom George's professional profile.
Colleagues at Benchmark
Alex Balkanski
General Partner at Benchmark
Alexander Bruehl
Investor at Point Nine Capital
An-Yen Hu
General Partner at Benchmark
Bruce Dunlevie
Benchmark co-founder, long-duration board investor and CarbonDrop chief executive
Chetan Puttagunta
General Partner at Benchmark
Eric Vishria
General Partner at Benchmark
Everett Randle
General Partner at Benchmark
J. William Gurley
General Partner at Benchmark
Network10
Bill GurleyScout
General Partner Emeritus at Benchmark
Peter FentonScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Alex BalkanskiScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Arif JanmohamedScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Bruce DunlevieScout
Benchmark co-founder, long-duration board investor and CarbonDrop chief executive
Chetan PuttaguntaScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Eric VishriaScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Everett RandleScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Gary BenittScout
Managing Partner at Social Leverage
Jack AltmanScout
General Partner at Benchmark
Investors connected to George in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is George Hu?
- Venture Partner at Benchmark
- Where does George Hu work?
- George Hu is Venture Partner at Benchmark.
- What check size does George Hu write?
- George Hu typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- Where did George Hu go to school?
- George Hu studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); Harvard University (AB, Economics).
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business2,000
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Harvard University2,000
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG
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Shared employers
Also worked at Airtable33
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkEllie HinkenInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid BeyerPartner at Amplify PartnersMax GazorInvestor at Striker Venture PartnersSam WerboffHead of Digital Native Enterprise GTM, Anthropic at EMERGENT VENTURESAkshay NathanEngineering Manager at Asymmetric Capital Partners
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Also worked at World Relief4
Also worked at Yelp89
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersLogan GreenCo-founder of LyftMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCRobert TomkinsonSelf at Mucker CapitalTony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
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Also worked at Twilio Inc.85
Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Sangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Scott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at GreycroftLauren ReederSeed/early-stage investor at Sequoia CapitalAlbert WengerUnion Square Ventures partner, technology investor, and author of The World After Capital
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