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Bio

Professional summary

John Merrill is a partner supporting client relations on a16z's Perennial team. Before joining a16z, he was a Partner at GroveStreet, Co-Head of the Private Client Practice at Cambridge Associates, Managing Director at Makena Capital, and Managing Director and Investment Committee member at TIFF Investment Management. He began his investing career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and earlier worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Teach For America.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Andreessen HorowitzPartner, Client RelationsPresent
  • GroveStreetPartner
  • Cambridge AssociatesCo-Head, Private Client Practice
  • Makena CapitalManaging Director
  • TIFF Investment ManagementManaging Director and Investment Committee Member
  • Donaldson, Lufkin & JenretteInvestment professional
  • PricewaterhouseCoopersProfessional services
  • Teach For AmericaCorps member

Education

  • Yale School of ManagementMBA
  • Hamilton CollegeBA in History with honors

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