Sean Dempsey

Before co-founding Merus, Sean was Principal of Corporate Development at Google, where he was responsible for acquisitions and investments including Android and YouTube. Prior to Google, he spent over six years at Microsoft as a member of the Corporate Development team. In addition to M&A, Sean led the original team that drove Microsoft’s living room strategy, which eventually became Xbox. Before joining Microsoft, he spent two years in tech M&A at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in Menlo Park and was a Research Analyst at Jennings Group in San Francisco.

Sean is a board member of the Peninsula Open Space Trust and is a Trustee of the Hillbrook School in Los Gatos. Sean holds BAs in economics and French from Claremont McKenna College.