Aileen Lee joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1999. She is currently founding CEO of Danoo, a fast-growing digital place-based media company in the KP portfolio, in addition to being a KP partner. Her primary areas of focus at KP are in consumer and green technologies. Aileen has worked closely with the teams at Danoo, Miasolé, Bloom Energy, Zazzle, Friendster, Good Technology, Tellme, Segway, Blue Nile, and Genomic Health.
Prior to joining KPCB, Aileen worked at Gap Inc. in various operating roles. These included product management and marketing for Gap Online, as special assistant to Gap Inc.’s CEO, and in business development. She has also worked for Odwalla and for The North Face in brand and product marketing. Aileen began her career at Morgan Stanley in technology mergers & acquisitions.
She has a Bachelor of Science from MIT and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Aileen is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and serves on the board of HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association).
