Aileen Lee
Aileen Lee | |
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Lee backstage at Tech Crunch 2013 | |
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Business School |
| Known for | Co-founder and managing partner of Cowboy Ventures |
Aileen Lee (born 1970) is a U.S. venture capital angel investor and co-founder of Cowboy Ventures.
Lee coined the often-used Silicon Valley term unicorn in a TechCrunch article "Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning from Billion-Dollar Startups" as profiled in The New York Times. A unicorn is generally defined as a privately held startup that has a $1 billion valuation or more – something rare (like a unicorn).