Paul Ferri
Encyclopedia
Paul J. Ferri is the Founder and General Partner of Matrix Partners
, a venture capital
firm.
where they settled in Virginia
. His father worked for the government as an aeronatics engineer. Ferri's family eventually moved to New York
. Ferri obtained a B.Sc in electrical engineering from Cornell University
, a M.Sc in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York and an M.B.A. from Columbia University
.
co-founded Hellman Ferri Investment Associates. After five years, the partners split. Hellman started Hellman & Friedman
in 1984 and Perri started Matrix Partners
in 1982.
Matrix Partners
Matrix Partners is a US based private equity investment firm focusing on venture capital investments. The firm invests in seed and early stage companies in the United States and India, particularly in the software, communications, semiconductors, data storage, Internet or wireless sectors.The firm...
, a venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
firm.
Early life
Ferri was born in Rome, Italy. In 1944, he and his family immigrated to the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where they settled in Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. His father worked for the government as an aeronatics engineer. Ferri's family eventually moved to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Ferri obtained a B.Sc in electrical engineering from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, a M.Sc in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York and an M.B.A. from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
Career
In 1977, Ferri and Warren HellmanWarren Hellman
F. Warren Hellman is a private equity investor and co-founder of Hellman & Friedman, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm...
co-founded Hellman Ferri Investment Associates. After five years, the partners split. Hellman started Hellman & Friedman
Hellman & Friedman
Hellman & Friedman is a private equity firm, founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman, that makes investments primarily through leveraged buyouts and minority growth capital investments....
in 1984 and Perri started Matrix Partners
Matrix Partners
Matrix Partners is a US based private equity investment firm focusing on venture capital investments. The firm invests in seed and early stage companies in the United States and India, particularly in the software, communications, semiconductors, data storage, Internet or wireless sectors.The firm...
in 1982.