DRAKE POOLEY
VC Strategy • Content Creator
I've built a career and following as a young, good-values, open and instructive business leader. In a market of low-trust, often misguided influencers, I've built a brand on trust, focusing on high quality, actionable advice without perverse incentives, based on his background as a high achiever in his career in New York and Dubai and President of my Stanford’s Graduate School of Business class. I've been featured by CNBC with over 4.4M views on YouTube, written for the New York Times, and grown an audience of ~70K on TikTok.
CONTENT
Travel
Career
Culture
RESUME
General Catalyst
New York, NY
Global Head of Strategic Initiatives
2022-present
Lattice
San Francisco, CA
Growth
2021
Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
AI Strategy
2021
IGNIA Partners
Mexico City, Mexico
VC Investment
2020
Kearney
New York, NY & Dubai, UAE
Associate
2017-2020
NRG Energy
Houston, TX
Innovations & New Product Development
2016
Finance
2014
Jiangsu Yueda Investment Co., Ltd.
Shanghai, China
New Market Development
2015
EDUCATION
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Master of Business Administration
2022
University of Virginia
Master of Science, Global Commerce
2017
Esade
Master of Science, Global Strategic Management
2017
Auburn University
B.S.B.A, Finance and International Business-Mandarin Chinese (Economics)
2016
Sun Yat-sen University - Lingan College
Certificate in International Management
2017
East China Normal University
Immersive Intermediate Mandarin Chinese
2015