Anthony Schiller
Anthony Schiller
Photo of Anthony Schiller with Ben Horowitz.
Anthony Schiller is a America entrepreneur well-known in Silicon Valley as being the Co-founder and Managing Director of Kramlich Investment Co, a seed fund he began with renown venture capitalist, Richard Kramlich. [2] They are also co-managing partners in another firm called, Green Bay Advisors, in which they got $130 Million fund.
Schiller is known for his association with Ben Horowitz, a famous investor in the tech industry. And, he is also a close friend of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.
Biography
Early Life
Photo of Anthony Schiller and his brother when they were child actors on set.
Anthony Schiller was born and raised in the state of California, and lived in the city of Los Angeles, California for most of his life. [1] He is the child of Stephanie and Lawrence Schiller- a noted filmmaker, photographer, and producer whose career spans nearly five decades of memorable work in both entertainment and media.
He has an older sibling named Cameron and three step-siblings on his father's side.
When he was a child, he and his brother traveled to several international destinations with their mother, and their father.
He and his brother also appeared in film productions shot in Europe as child actors. They were in the miniseries production of Peter the Great, which was co-directed and executive-produced by their father. The miniseries went on to win three Emmy Awards.
He is an alum of the Buckley School, a K-12 institution recognized for its high-ranking and distinctions amongst other schools in California. [13]
Education
After graduating from Buckley, he attended University of Pennsylvania where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
Career
Oil and Energy
Anthony started his career working in the energy and gas industry. While in Houston, he was the Vice President and Business development chief of a firm called, NewFoundland LNG. He was also the Director of Upstream Development for Excelerate Energy.
KIC
Photo of Anthony Schiller with Barack Obama taken during a meeting.
In 2011, he started Kramlich Investment Co. in San Francisco as a founding partner with renown American investor of more than forty years, Richard Kramlich. He l ed Seed investments in energy start-ups that went to have great returns in the energy and tech fields.
Green Bay Ventures
He and kramlich would go on to also create Green Bay Ventures, a venture capital firm also based in San Francisco.
They made investment for companies recognized across the world such as: Lyft, Dropbox, Xiaomi, MuleSoft, Databricks, Spotify, TransferWise, and DocuSign. They also invested in several other earl-stage companies.
Personal Life
Schiller is a world-traveler and an individual who has seen several sides in industries such as entertainment ,tech, and energy.
[22]He is a colleague of Ben Horowitz, and he considers Richard Kramlich one of his mentors.
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Anthony is a good friend of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and helped organize their engagement party.
He has met Barack Obama and the two have had discussions in several occasions.
He is also an acquaintance of Mark Zuckerberg.
He often commemorates his mother, Stephanie, on his Instagram profile which has more than 50k followers.