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About
Neil Patel is an Operating Principal at Accel-KKR, where he works with growth-stage businesses and their management and investment teams on areas including strategy, go-to-market acceleration, M&A integration, and organizational design. He has over 20 years of experience across engineering operations, management consulting, start-ups and scale-ups, and investing. His background includes roles at McKinsey and an education at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Experience
- Accel-KKROperating Principalcurrent2024 — presentAtlanta, Georgia, United States
- Accel-KKROperating Principal and Head of EMEA Operating Team2023 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- Accel-KKROperating Vice President and Head of EMEA Operating Team2022London Area, United Kingdom
- Accel-KKROperating Vice President2020 — 2022Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- VisiQuateBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentSanta Rosa, California, United States
- NAVTORBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentEgersund, Rogaland, Norway
- SymfoniaBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentWarsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Guest Speakercurrent2023 — presentGreater London
- PayPropBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentStellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
- Georgia Tech Scheller College of BusinessGuest Lecturer2021 — 2022Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- McKinsey & CompanySenior Engagement Manager2015 — 2020Greater Atlanta Area
- Kenway ConsultingManagement Consultant2013 — 2015Greater Chicago Area
- Lockheed MartinChief System Engineer2009 — 2013Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Information Sciences InstituteAdvanced Technical Development Engineer2008 — 2009Marina Del Rey, CA / Washington, D.C.
- EB, ElektrobitSoftware Engineer2007 — 2008Greater Detroit Area
- Chrysler and Federal MogulEngineering roles2002 — 2006Detroit Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Strategy29Leadership14Strategic Planning3Team LeadershipManagement4AnalysisBusiness Strategy6Engineering Management4System Architecture4Cross-functional Team Leadership10Organizational TransitionsAgile Methodologies8
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IT StrategyTechnical LeadershipEntrepreneurshipMarketing StrategyOrganizational StructureRecruitingData AnalysisProgram ManagementConsultingBusiness Process ImprovementIntegrationSystems EngineeringLanguages Chinese · English · Gujarati · Hindi
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Principal at Accel-KKR
Andrew Fluevog
Senior Associate at Accel-KKR
Andrew Zbella
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Andy Rich
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Ankur Patel
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Neil Patel?
- Neil Patel is an Operating Principal at Accel-KKR, where he works with growth-stage businesses and their management and investment teams on areas including strategy, go-to-market acceleration, M&A integration, and organizational design. He has over 20 years of experience across engineering operations, management consulting, start-ups and scale-ups, and investing. His background includes roles at McKinsey and an education at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
- Where does Neil Patel work?
- Neil Patel is Principal at Accel-KKR.
- Where did Neil Patel go to school?
- Neil Patel studied at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Strategy); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Master's degree, International Business); Georgia Institute of Technology (Electrical and Computer Engineering).
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Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology565
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Also attended Wayne State University44
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Also attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University102
Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalJosh RiezmanChief Legal & Strategy Officer at GSRMeera BissoondeealInvestor at 13books CapitalAli Clunies-RossPartner & Co-Head VC at ArtesianRobert ShanManaging Partner Redstone Hong Kong at RedstoneXiao (Sean) YangAssociate at Shunwei Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at VisiQuate3
Also worked at NAVTOR3
Also worked at McKinsey & Company2,000
Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs
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