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Tom Alberg

Disciplines:
venture capital
technology investing
law/corporate law

Summary

American venture capitalist and co-founder of Madrona Venture Group, one of the original investors in Amazon and a member of its board for 23 years — a foundational figure in Seattle's technology ecosystem.

Core Contribution

Made one of the most consequential angel investments in history by backing Jeff Bezos's Amazon in 1995, and spent the following decades as a board member building Seattle into a technology hub through Madrona's portfolio.

Historical Influences

No recorded historical influences.

Intellectual Lineage

Pacific Northwest Venture CapitalCorporate Law Tradition

Contemporaries & Peers

John Doerr Ram Shriram Ron Conway

Minds Influenced

Jeff Bezos

Intellectual Posterity

Madrona Venture Group Amazon early investor history

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