Gordon Ritter
Gordon Ritter is the Founder and General Partner of Emergence Capital. In 2003, he led the company's first investment in cloud leader Salesforce.com. Prior to this, Ritter ran IBM's $3 billion global small business division. He was responsible for IBM's launch partnership with Salesforce.com. Ritter spent more than 15 years building companies that pioneered new markets, including server appliances, embedded web-based interfaces, and web-native application development. His biggest deal to date is Veeva Systems, which had a white-hot IPO in 2013.
Gordon Ritter Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and General Partner
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Vice President, Global Small Business
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Vice President
Academic History
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BA, Economics
- Ritter has been named four times to the Forbes’ Midas List of the top venture capital investors.
- He currently sits on the boards of eight companies, including Genius, Lithium, PivotLink, Veeva Systems, and Zuberance.
- He rang the opening bell as Chairman of Veeva, having first invested in 2008 when it had just $2 million in revenue.
- He was recently selected for the New York Times/CB Insights List of Top Venture Capitalists.
- He also enjoys running, cycling, cross-country skiing, and mountaineering.
- His passion for endurance sports has taken him both to the Head of the Charles and to a 50k trail race.
- He recently climbed both Denali and Aconcagua and completed a 250-mile trail run across Switzerland.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.