Terri Burns

Terri Burns (born February 22, 1994) is an investor and partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures). After joining the company in 2017 as a principal, she was promoted and became the youngest partner and first Black woman partner at GV in 2020.^[1]

Terri Burns
Born	(1994-02-22) February 22, 1994 (age 31)
Alma mater	New York University
Occupations	Partner, GV Engineer, Venmo

Early life and education

Burns was born on February 22, 1994^[2] and was raised in California.^[3] She graduated from New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences with a bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2016,^[4][5] and in 2021, became the youngest member in history to serve on the university's board of trustees.^[3]

Career

Burns joined the GV team in 2017 as a principal investor. In 2020, she became the youngest partner and first Black woman partner at GV.^[6] In 2021, she became the youngest member of the NYU Board of Trustees at age 27, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.^[7][8] Her first investment was a $1 million seed round in Have a Great Summer (HAGS), a Gen-Z-founded startup and social network.^[9] Previously, she was a front-end engineer at Venmo and an associate product manager at Twitter where she met the GV team.^[10]

Burns was also a contributing writer for publications including Teen Vogue and Forbes, documenting her journey into product management and the technology sector.

Awards

• 2021: GCV Rising Stars Award^[11]
• 2020: Forbes 30 Under 30