Lee Lorenzen

Lee is a “startup guy” who sold his first software company while still in college.

For the next 40 years, he founded and/or funded 30+ startups, rewarded investors with significant liquidity events, and created numerous innovations, including his invention of the multi-vendor, virtual inventory shopping cart model that now powers 63% of all of Amazon’s sales.

Along the way, his GEM System has raised $75+ million in startup funds from family and friends, Fortune 50 companies like Xerox and UPS, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos.