Peter Barris

Peter Barris is Managing General Partner at NEA. He joined the firm in 1992 and was named Managing General Partner in 1999. Since that time, NEA's assets under management have grown from $1 billion to over $13 billion and the firm has expanded its operations to India and China. Under his leadership, NEA has invested in industry-transforming technology companies including CareerBuilder, Data Domain, Diapers.com, Groupon, Juniper Networks, Macromedia, Playdom, Salesforce.com and TiVo. He serves on the board of public company Groupon (GRPN) and is currently a director of several private companies, including BenchPrep, MediaOcean, SnagFilms and Sprout Social. Mr. Barris earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University, Illinois, and an MBA from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.