Primary Job Title Managing Director Primary Organization 
Monster Venture Partners
Gender Male
Investor Type
Rob Monster leads Monster Venture Partners (MVP). Prior to founding MVP, he founded of Global Market Insite (GMI), a leading provider of technology-enabled services to the global market research industry. Mr. Monster served as Chairman and CEO from 1999-2007. GMI is backed by Technology Crossover Ventures, FT Ventures and Voyager Capital.
Prior
to founding GMI, Monster was a global product development manager with Procter & Gamble. During an eight year technology management career with P&G, Mr. Monster worked and lived in Europe, Asia, and North America. He also traveled extensively in Latin America as part of his global role in leading the development and commercialization of a series of successful new product initiatives.
Monster, a Dutch-American, is fluent in English, Dutch, and German. Mr. Monster has both a BS and an MBA from Cornell University where he studied Life Sciences and Economics. Monster is a member of ESOMAR World Association of Research Professionals. Monster is co-author of the book Market Research in the Internet Age, published by John Wiley & Sons.
Monster is winner of the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in Technology and Software (Pacific Northwest). He serves on the boards of GMI, Healthcare.com, Demoxi, Gateskate and Clickable.com.
