Chi-Hua Chien

Chi-Hua Chien joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2007. A partner at the firm， he focuses on investments in consumer web and mobile. Chi-Hua serves on the board of directors or works closely with the teams at Booyah， Chegg， Chill， Erly， GOGII， Home Value Protection， Inspirato， Klout， Path， Reputation.com， Spotify， Twitter and Zaarly.

Before coming to KPCB， Chi-Hua worked with Accel Partners as a venture advisor and associate， with a focus on software as a service， consumer Internet and online advertising infrastructure. He originated Accel’s investments in Facebook and AdECN （acquired by Microsoft） and worked on the firm’s investments in AdMob， BitTorrent， fbFund， Glam， Trulia and YuMe Networks. Before becoming an investor， Chi-Hua was an early employee or co-founder of several startups， three of which achieved successful exits between US$30 million and US$300 million. Chi-Hua was the director of marketing at Coremetrics （acquired by IBM）， where he led the marketing and inside sales teams and served as interim CFO for Coremetrics through two rounds of venture funding. He also was part of the early teams at MyListo （as a founder） and eCoverage.

Chi-Hua has an M.S. degree in industrial engineering， a B.S. degree in industrial engineering and a B.A. degree in economics， all from Stanford University. At Stanford， he was named a Mayfield Fellow and President’s Scholar. Chi-Hua also earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business， where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Chi-Hua was named one of the Top VCs Under 35 by VC Journal and a member of the Elite Eight VCs To Watch by Forbes.