User:Cap2201/Joanne Wilson

Joanne Wilson (born 1961) is an American businesswoman, venture capitalist, and blogger based in New York City, best known as the owner and founder of Gotham Gal Ventures. She has invested in more than 100 companies and startups across various industries, including the real estate blog Curbed and the upscale cannabis company Beboe. A cofounder of the Women's Entrepreneuship Festival, Wilson is an outspoken proponent of women in business and finance, with more than half of her investments supporting ventures started by female entrepreneurs.

Career
Wilson began her professional career in retail, overseeing the second largest cosmetics department at Macy's by the age of 22. After leaving Macy's, she worked in wholesale, media technology, and philanthropy, leading the sale of the startup known as Silicon Alley Reporter and chairing the board of M.O.U.S.E., an organization promoting the use of technology in inner-city schools. She launched her career as an angel investor in 2008, with the real estate blog Curbed being her first official investment. Her other ventures have included Blue Bottle Coffee, Food52, Nestio, TaxiTreats, DailyWorth, and Kitchensurfing, among others. In 2018, a doorbell startup in which Wilson had invested, Ring.com, was purchased by Amazon for more than $1 billion.

Gotham Gal
Wilson is a prolific writer at her female entrepreneurship blog Gotham Gal.

Personal Life
Wilson is married to the venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a cofounder of Union Square Ventures. The couple live in New York City with their three children.