About
Gijs is the Co-founder of 747 Capital and a Managing Partner of the firm. He is responsible for new product development and is actively involved in the portfolio management, due diligence and manager selection process. Gijs has been active in private equity since 1997. Prior to 747 Capital, Gijs was founder and General Partner of Triad Media Ventures, a $50 million venture capital fund that made direct investments in US companies. In addition, he was Director of Financial Services for Icon International, a member of Omnicom Group. He started his career at the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, a diplomatic function, in New York in 1993. Gijs holds a M.B.A. in international management from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a B.A. from Webster University.
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- • 2 investors at 747 Capital are tracked.
- • 1,303 investors hold the Managing Partner role in VCSift. Gijs F J van Thiel is one of them.
- • 10,621 investors are based in New York, New York, United States.
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- New York, US
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