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Joanne Wilson was born on 1961 in Los Angeles, California, is an American businesswoman and investor. Discover Joanne Wilson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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She is a member of famous Businesswoman with the age 63 years old group.
Joanne Wilson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Joanne Wilson's Husband?
Her husband is Fred Wilson
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Joanne Wilson Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Joanne Wilson worth at the age of 63 years old? Joanne Wilson’s income source is mostly from being a successful Businesswoman. She is from United States. We have estimated Joanne Wilson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Joanne Wilson (born 1961) is an American businesswoman and angel investor.
She is known for backing female-founded companies.
Joanne Wilson was born in 1961.
Wilson studied at Simmons College in Boston, where she graduated in 1983.
She met her future husband Fred Wilson while in college and they moved to New York City.
Wilson began her career at Macy's, working in the retail apparel department for 4 years.
After Macy's she oversaw a company in the garment industry, then worked in sales for the startup magazine and events company called Silicon Alley Reporter.
She also chaired the nonprofit MOUSE (Making Opportunities in Upgrading Schools in Education), which focused on technology in inner-city schools.
Wilson began investing in 2007.
She also runs the entrepreneurship blog Gotham Gal. Through her investment fund, Gotham Gal Ventures, Wilson and her husband fund startups.
Since 2009, Wilson has been involved in real estate development in New York City.
Wilson made her first investment into Lockhart Steele's startup Curbed.
Some of her early investments included Food52, Rick's Picks, DailyWorth, Hot Bread Kitchen and Scoot.
In 2010, together with Nancy Hechinger from New York University she co-founded and co-chaired an annual Women Entrepreneurs Festival.
From 2010 to 2015, she chaired the board of Hot Bread Kitchen, a nonprofit that promotes and trains female and minority bakers.
In 2012, 13 of her 17 investments were in tech and out of those 13, 10 were women-founded companies.
In 2014, she invested in Blue Bottle Coffee, a coffee roaster and retailer, and in Spoon University, a food media company, in 2015.
Later in 2015, she invested in Nestio, the NY-based leasing and marketing platform for residential landlords.
Wilson became known for investing in women-led startups.
As of 2016, around 70 percent of her investments were in companies led by women.
In 2016, Crain's New York Business included Fred and Joanne Wilson into its "Power Couples" list.
By 2017, she has backed more than 90 female-founded companies, including 3 of the 11 black women-led startups to have raised over $1 million.
In 2017, Wilson made two angel investments in the cannabis industry: Octavia Wellness and Beboe.
Wilson is married to venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a cofounder of Union Square Ventures.
The couple live in New York City.
They have three children, two daughters and a son.
She also was the first co-Chair of Path Forward, a non-profit, established in 2018 with a mission to get people back to work after they’ve taken time off for caregiving.