Tanzeen Syed

Managing Director,
Head of Consumer Internet and Technology

REGION United States

OFFICE LOCATION New York

Tanzeen Syed is a Managing Director and Head of General Atlantic’s Consumer Internet and Technology sector. He rejoined General Atlantic in 2018 after working at the firm from 2006 to 2013. Prior to rejoining General Atlantic, Tanzeen was a Director at Temasek, where he led U.S. technology growth investments, and prior to that, he was a Vice President at Great Hill Partners, where he focused on Internet and software growth investing.

Current Board Affiliations

Chess.com, Board Member
Kiwi.com, Board Member
Panorama, Board Member
Plusgrade, Board Member
Riskified, Board Member
Wish, Board Member

Historical Board Affiliations

Duolingo, Board Observer
Gavilon, Board Observer
MercadoLibre, Board Observer
o9 Solutions, Board Member
ClassPass, Board Member
Jet.com, Board Observer
Momondo, Board Member
Poshmark, Board Member
SoundCloud, Board Member
Sprinklr, Board Observer

Education

Macalester College, B.A., Economics and Political Science