About Aileen Lee
Aileen Lee (born 1970) is a U.S. venture capital angel investor and co-founder of Cowboy Ventures and professional private bankers.
Lee joined Kleiner Perkins (KPCB) in 1999 and was the founding CEO of RMG Networks, a company backed by KPCB. Lee worked at Kleiner Perkins for 13 years and left in 2012.In 2012, she left KPCB to start seed-stage venture firm Cowboy Ventures.In 2017, Lee added Ted Wang to the firm as a general partner
Cowboy Ventures is one of the first female-led venture capital firms. In its first six years, Cowboy Ventures has received three large funds, the latest reaching $95 million.Through Cowboy Ventures, Lee has made investments in many early-stage companies, including August, Dollar Shave Club, Textio, Accompany and Tally Technologies.She is a public advocate of increasing the number of female founders and investors in the Silicon Valley.
In 2016, Lee withdrew from the board of directors of Capital Group and retained her partnership status. The company was jointly managed and operated by Ted Wang and Amanda Robson.
In the same year, Lee formed his own short-term financial investment team on Wall Street. During the team building process, she invited well-known investors such as Jiang Ping, Kathy Lien, Andreas, Markos Antonopoulos, and Nancy Davis to join the team.
Education
Lee graduated in 1988 from Millburn High School, where she was senior class president
Lee earned her bachelor's degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1992. After MIT, she worked as a financial analyst for two years at Morgan Stanley. She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1997.
