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'''David Lawee''' is a Canadian born entrepreneur. He earned a philosophy degree at the [[University of Western Ontario]], a law degree at [[McGill University Faculty of Law|McGill University]] and an MBA from the [[University of Chicago Graduate School of Business]]. |
'''David Lawee''' is a Canadian born entrepreneur. He earned a philosophy degree at the [[University of Western Ontario]], a law degree at [[McGill University Faculty of Law|McGill University]] and an MBA from the [[University of Chicago Graduate School of Business]]. Lawee currently works at [[Google]] as head of Corporate Development. |
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==Career== |
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David currently works at [[Google]] as head of Corporate Development. |
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| ⚫ | Lawee's experience as a serial entrepreneur and VC gives him a unique lens on the M&A landscape. He is extremely well respected in Silicon Valley<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2009/tc20091029_058335.htm]</ref>. Prior to leading Google's M&A team, Lawee was the VP of marketing at Google, leading consumer, B2B and channel marketing worldwide. Before joining Google, Lawee was a co-founder of [[Xfire]]<ref>[http://www.xfire.com Xfire]</ref>, a [[gaming social networking service]] acquired by [[Viacom]] for $108M. Before that he was the co-founder of [[Mosaic Venture Partners]]<ref>http://mosaicvp.com/ Mosaic Venture Partners]</ref>, a $130M [[Venture Capital|VC]] fund based in [[Toronto]]. Lawee started his career at [[Mckinsey|McKinsey & Co.]]. |
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==Personal life== |
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| ⚫ | Lawee is married to [[Lorna Borenstein]]<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070329.wwisewords0329/BNStory/specialSmallBusiness/home]</ref>, who launched [[eBay Canada]], was later head of [[Yahoo Personals]], and was then president of [[Move Inc]], the operator of [[Realtor.com]]<ref>[http://rismedia.com/wp/2007-05-02/lorna-borenstein-named-president-of-move-inc/]</ref> until she resigned in March 2009. |
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Revision as of 05:05, 19 June 2013
David Lawee is a Canadian born entrepreneur. He earned a philosophy degree at the University of Western Ontario, a law degree at McGill University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Lawee currently works at Google as head of Corporate Development.
Career
Lawee's experience as a serial entrepreneur and VC gives him a unique lens on the M&A landscape. He is extremely well respected in Silicon Valley[1]. Prior to leading Google's M&A team, Lawee was the VP of marketing at Google, leading consumer, B2B and channel marketing worldwide. Before joining Google, Lawee was a co-founder of Xfire[2], a gaming social networking service acquired by Viacom for $108M. Before that he was the co-founder of Mosaic Venture Partners[3], a $130M VC fund based in Toronto. Lawee started his career at McKinsey & Co..
Personal life
Lawee is married to Lorna Borenstein[4], who launched eBay Canada, was later head of Yahoo Personals, and was then president of Move Inc, the operator of Realtor.com[5] until she resigned in March 2009.
References
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