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Operating Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners

Jeff Epstein

Jeff Epstein is an operating partner in Bessemer Venture Partners’ Silicon Valley office where he primarily works with chief executive and financial officers to share and implement best practices.

He is the former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Oracle, one of the world’s largest and most profitable technology companies, with a market value of over $150 billion. Prior to joining Oracle, Jeff served as chief financial officer of several public and private companies, including DoubleClick (sold to Google), King World Productions (sold to CBS) and Nielsen’s Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. Today Jeff leads the CFO Advisory Board at Bessemer where more than 100 portfolio company CFOs meet in person and online to help each other improve their effectiveness.

Jeff specializes in marketplaces and B2B software companies. He serves on the boards of directors of Kaiser Permanente, Twilio, Shutterstock and several private companies.

He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a BA from Yale College, where he graduated summa cum  laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

Jeff will be on the teaching team for Lean Launchpad Winter Quarter.