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Lianna Gao

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Chief Operating Officer, Business Development & Strategic Initiatives at Magnetar AI Ventures

United States

About

Lianna Gao is Chief Operating Officer of Business Development & Strategic Initiatives at Magnetar, where she oversees execution of strategic client and capital formation initiatives across existing and new product launches. She joined Magnetar in 2016 after six years at Goldman Sachs on the Fixed Income Derivatives team, where she analyzed interest rate, FX, and credit risks in the banking and specialty finance sectors. She holds a B.S. in Economics from Duke University.

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Experience

  1. MagnetarCOO of Business Development & Strategic Initiativescurrent2025 — present
  2. MagnetarCOO of Business Development & Head of Client Services2023 — 2025Evanston, Illinois, United States
  3. MagnetarDeputy COO of Business Development2019 — 2023Evanston, IL
  4. MagnetarBusiness Development Associate2016 — 2019
  5. Goldman SachsAssociate2010 — 2016

Education

  1. Duke UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics2006 — 2010

Skills & more

Fixed Income6Risk Management2Financial Analysis4Financial Modeling8Investment Banking3Microsoft Excel5Data Analysis5Valuation9Bloomberg6Corporate Finance3Derivatives2Capital Markets2

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Same school

Also attended Duke University408

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Magnetar23

David SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesJim PruskoSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesMichael HenriquesSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesAlan ShaffranSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesErik FalkHead of Strategy, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesTom SherwoodCo-Chief Operating Officer & Head of Business Development, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures

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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,237

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures

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Colleagues at Magnetar AI Ventures

Alan Shaffran
Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Amira Amin
Chief Operating Officer, Liquid Strategies at Magnetar AI Ventures
Barbara Bernstein
Chief Human Resources Officer, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
David Snyderman
Managing Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI Ventures
Devin Dallaire
Head of Products, Quantitative Investing, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Erik Falk
Head of Strategy, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Hayley Stein
Chief Compliance Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures
Jeff Harris
Chief Risk Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures