Vineeta Agarwala has years of expertise in the field of healthcare. Vineeta Agarwala made the headlines during Elon Musk’s X (Twitter) acquisition deal. Vineeta is the General Partner of Andreesen Horowitz. Her husband, Parag Agarwala was appointed as the CEO of X (Twitter) in the past.
New Delhi: IITs are known for producing the best minds of the country. A lot of IIT alumni are leaders of multinational companies today. In the past, Parag Agarwala was appointed as the CEO of ‘X’ (formerly Twitter); he had an annual package of Rs 100 crore. Parag’s wife Vineeta Agarwala made the headlines during Elon Musk’s X (Twitter) acquisition deal. Vineeta is the General Partner of Andreesen Horowitz. The company was ready to invest $400 million in the takeover deal. However, Parag was removed from the CEO position within a year. Parag and Vineeta tied the knot in January 2016 in Jaipur.
Who is Vineeta Agarwala?
Vineeta Agarwala is the General Partner of Andreesen Horowitz, who leads the investments in the company’s bio and health funds. She oversees departments of therapeutics, life sciences tools/ diagnostics and digital health. The company benefits from unique datasets to improve medicine development and patient care.
Vineeta’s education
Vineeta earned her BS degree in Biophysics from Stanford University. She completed her MD and PhD from Harvard Medical School/MIT. She has undergone clinical residency training at Stanford and is board-certified in internal medicine. She also served as an assistant clinical professor in Stanford’s Department of Population Health.
Furthermore, she contributes her expertise to companies such as BigHat Biosciences, Thyme Care, GC Therapeutics, Memora Health, and Pearl Health. This demonstrates her commitment to healthcare and innovation beyond her clinical practice.
Vineeta’s roles
Prior to working as a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, she worked as a physician and as an operator in healthtech startups. She transitioned into venture investing with the Google Ventures Life Sciences team. Additionally, she has experience as a Data Scientist at Kyruus and played a leadership role in managing partnerships related to data products at Flatiron Health.
Furthermore, she has conducted graduate research in computational biology at the Broad Institute, demonstrating her extensive involvement in various aspects of healthcare and technology.
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