About
Will Bumpus is a Partner at Westbound. Before investing, he served as Chief of Staff at Headspace, led corporate development for Guanxi.me in Shanghai, and ran business operations and intelligence at Activision for the China launch of a free-to-play version of Call of Duty in partnership with Tencent. He started his career as an analyst at Perella Weinberg Partners working on M&A and restructuring, and founded reWerk, a nonprofit addressing the digital divide. He holds degrees from Duke University and Stanford GSB.
Contact· published on Will's own website
Experience
- Westbound Equity PartnersPartnercurrent2020 — present
- reWerkFoundercurrent2020 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- Phoenix RisingManaging Partnercurrent2019 — presentLos Angeles, California
- Headspace Inc.Business Lead / Interim Chief of Staff2018 — 2019Santa Monica, CA
- Headspace Inc.Manager of Business Development and Partnerships2017 — 2018Santa Monica
- Sherpa Capital, LLCSummer Associate2016San Francisco Bay Area
- ActivisionBusiness Intelligence and Insights2013 — 2015Shanghai, China
- Guanxi, Inc.Corporate Development Manager2012Shanghai China
- Perella Weinberg PartnersAnalyst2009 — 2011
- Perella Weinberg PartnersSummer Analyst2008
Skills & more
Financial Modeling29LBO6Valuation22Investment Banking15Corporate Development20Corporate Finance14Business Strategy6Due Diligence10Financial Analysis12Mergers2M&A experience7Equities9
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DCFMergers & AcquisitionsMandarinLanguages English · Mandarin
From Will's professional profile.
Colleagues at Westbound Equity Partners
Alan Waxman
Investment Advisory Committee; CEO, Sixth Street at Westbound Equity Partners
Andre Iguodala
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mosaic General Partnership, LLC
Charles Shannon
Investor at Westbound Equity Partners
Danae Sterental
Partner at Westbound Equity Partners
Danae Sterental Rivera
Partner at Westbound Equity Partners
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee
Co-Founder and CEO at Westbound Equity Partners
Garrett Clinton
Investor at Westbound Equity Partners
Ian Beadle
Partner at Westbound Equity Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Will Bumpus?
- Will Bumpus is a Partner at Westbound. Before investing, he served as Chief of Staff at Headspace, led corporate development for Guanxi.me in Shanghai, and ran business operations and intelligence at Activision for the China launch of a free-to-play version of Call of Duty in partnership with Tencent. He started his career as an analyst at Perella Weinberg Partners working on M&A and restructuring, and founded reWerk, a nonprofit addressing the digital divide. He holds degrees from Duke University and Stanford GSB.
- Where does Will Bumpus work?
- Will Bumpus is Partner at Westbound Equity Partners.
- Where did Will Bumpus go to school?
- Will Bumpus studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); Duke University (B.A, Psychology and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies); Brunswick School.
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