Fritz Lanman
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Fritz Lanman in 2017
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| Born |
Richard Burnham Lanman, III August 6, 1981 San Francisco, California |
| Residence | San Francisco and New York City |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur and Investor |
| Known for | ClassPass, Pinterest, Square, Inc., Wish, Microsoft, Livestar, Verst, Doppler Labs |
| Title | CEO of ClassPass Chairman and Cofounder of Verst Chairman and Cofounder of Doppler Labs |
| Spouse(s) | Melissa Middleton Lanman |
| Parent(s) | Alanna Purcell Lanman (mother) Richard B. Lanman, MD (father) |
| Relatives |
James Lanman (brother) Max Lanman (brother) Connor Lanman (brother) Christopher Lanman (brother) |
| Website | https://classpass.com/team |
Fritz Lanman (born August 6, 1981) is an American entrepreneur and investor in early stage technology companies. Currently, he is the CEO of ClassPass, where he had served as Executive Chairman since 2013 after leading the seed and Series A financings for the company. In addition to his role at ClassPass, he is an active angel investor and cofounder of both Doppler Labs and Verst, Inc. Lanman has invested in the seed rounds in over 70 technology companies, including Square, Inc., Pinterest, Wish, Flexe, EasyPost, InDinero and others.
Lanman is the first of five sons of Dr. Richard Lanman and Alanna Purcell Lanman, born on August 6, 1981. He grew up and attended high school in Los Altos, California where he played football, basketball, and golf. He toured Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France with the Main Street Singers in 1999. Lanman attended Yale University, graduating in 2003. Lanman speaks three languages: English, Spanish, and Italian.
Fritz Lanman began his career as a Product Manager at Microsoft. He subsequently rose to become Senior Director, Corporate Strategy, where he worked on several notable deals including Microsoft's $240 million Facebook investment. Lanman was quoted onstage at the Le Web conference in 2010 confirming Microsoft's attempt to acquire Facebook, and positing that Facebook (then valued less than $10 billion) would one day be worth as much as Microsoft (then worth $230 billion). As of 2017, Facebook is worth approximately $500 billion.
Lanman began angel investing in 2010, with his first investment being Square, Inc.. He and his investment partner Hank Vigil subsequently invested in the seed rounds of notable companies such as Pinterest, Wish, Flexe, EasyPost, InDinero, Cargomatic, Everlane and many other startups.
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