Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner
Habib Kairouz is a managing partner of Rho Capital Partners and Rho
Ventures as well as a member of the Investment Committees of Rho Canada Ventures
and Rho Fund Investors. With nearly 20 years of experience in venture
capital, Habib seeks to partner with entrepreneurs who are visionaries,
hungry to build massive opportunities, confident enough to challenge
established market leaders and charismatic enough to attract top-tier
partners, customers and other business personnel.
Habib joined
Rho in 1993 and focuses on investments in new media, information
technology and communication companies at various stages of development –
from seed stage to growth equity. Prior to Rho, Habib worked in
investment banking and leveraged buyouts in New York with Reich &
Co. and Jesup & Lamont.
His interests also extend
internationally to the impact of the Internet on globalization and its
disruption of geopolitical boundaries, as well as solutions to the
Middle East conflict. A native of Lebanon, Habib is involved with a
number of nonprofit organizations focused on reforms and economic
development there. He is a co-founder and board member of Social &
Economic Action for Lebanon, a nonprofit organization focusing on
micro-grants for job development. He is also a board member of Lebanese
International Finance Executives (LIFE), a global networking
organization focused on connecting financial executives around the world
for the benefit of assisting and promoting the interests of Lebanon and
the next generation of Lebanese.
Habib has a passion for skiing
and tennis. Habib received a B.S. in engineering and a B.A. in economics
from Cornell University and an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia
University.
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