Rho Capital Partners
- Habib Kairouz
Habib Kairouz is a managing partner of Rho Capital Partners, Rho Ventures and Rho Acceleration as well as a member of the Investment Committees of Rho Canada Ventures and Rho Fund Investors. With over 25 years of experience in technology, private equity, and venture capital investing, Habib seeks to partner with entrepreneurs who are visionaries, hungry to build massive opportunities, confident enough to challenge established market leaders and charismatic enough to attract top-tier partners, customers and other business personnel.
Habib joined Rho in 1993 and focuses on investments in new media, information technology and communication companies at various stages of development – from seed stage to private equity. Prior to Rho, Habib worked in investment banking and leveraged buyouts in New York with Reich & Co. and Jesup & Lamont.
His interests also extend internationally to the impact of the Internet on globalization and its disruption of geopolitical boundaries, as well as solutions to the Middle East conflict. A native of Lebanon, Habib is involved with a number of nonprofit organizations focused on reforms and economic development there.
Habib has a passion for skiing and tennis. Habib received a B.S. in engineering and a B.A. in economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University. Follow Habib on Twitter, and connect with him on LinkedIn.
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Rho Capital Partners
Rho Capital Partners is the parent company to Rho’s three operating divisions, Rho Ventures, Rho Canada Ventures and Rho Fund Investors. Founded in 1981, Rho began its private equity activities as a family investment office. Today, Rho is a leading private equity firm that manages a series of funds, under each of its three divisions, backed by a broad group of institutional investors that include endowments, foundations, families, pension funds, and other financial institutions. Across all of Rho’s activities and strategies, our teams are committed to investing in growth and building companies over the long-term. Unique among private equity firms, Rho’s three divisions are each managed by dedicated teams who invest separate funds, yet all benefit from actively cross-leveraging other divisions’ networks to generate differentiated perspectives and insights.
