Ann Winblad

Background

Ann L. Winblad was born on November 1, 1950 in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Career

She learned "that patience and focus is a very good balance with overall efficiency and that’s served me well as an entrepreneur." To be a successful venture capitalist, she says, "we have to look at the glass as half full….we have to slurp up that Kool-Aid for an instant, but we can’t get addicted.".

Achievements

• Upside Magazine 100 most influential people in the digital age Vanity Fair top 50 leaders of the New Establishment Business Week top 25 power brokers in the Silicon Valley SVForum Visionary Award.

Connections

partners:

John Hummer