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Pete Flint
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Pete Flint

British businessman (born 1974)

Pete Flint OBE (born 25 July 1974) is a British Internet entrepreneur and investor based in San Francisco. He is the founder and former chairman and CEO of Trulia.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Pete Flint (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jul 25, 1974.1

About

Formerly, he was part of the founding team at lastminute.com. He is currently a managing partner at NFX, an early stage venture capital fund which he co-founded.

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Companies

  • TruliaFounder8
  • ZillowBoard member Feb 17, 2015 to Mar 2, 20179
  • TruliaBoard member Mar 7, 2013 to Feb 17, 201510
  • TruliaChief executive officer Sep 19, 2012 to Feb 17, 201511
  • TruliaChair Sep 19, 2012 to Sep 25, 201211

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedStanford Graduate School of Business3
  • Date not recordedMagdalen College3
  • Date not recordedChigwell School3

Flint attended Chigwell School, earned his bachelor's degree and master's in physics from Oxford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Shortly after graduating from Oxford University, Flint joined Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox to start lastminute.com. He had previously worked alongside Hoberman at LineOne, a joint venture between New International and British Telecom, where he worked for less than a year.

Flint spent five years at lastminute.com, helping to scale the company from a business plan to a public company with 2,000 employees and operations in 11 countries. Flint left lastminute.com to attend Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2003. lastminute.com was then acquired by Sabre Group for $1.1 billion in cash in 2005.

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Career

Occupation: investor.5

Flint has been an active angel investor and advisor to consumer Internet and network effect businesses. In December 2016 it was announced that he joined NFX as a managing partner. NFX is an early stage venture capital fund based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a focus on network effect businesses.

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Personal life

  • BornJul 25, 1974, Essex6
  • CitizenshipUnited Kingdom7

Flint has two children. His brother, Richard, was the former CEO of Sky Betting & Gaming.

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