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Laszlo Bock

2x start-up founder & CEO --​> 2 exits | x-Google SVP of People Operations | NYT bestselling author of “Work Rules!” | Founder/Faculty at Berkeley | Board at Stanford

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder and Co-Faculty Director of the Berkeley Transformative CHRO Academy

    2024

2017

  • Investor, Coach and Producer

    2017

    TECHNOLOGY INVESTING/ADVISING 55% unicorn rate and 80% unicorn/exited rate across all investments. THEATER AND FILM INVESTING/PRODUCING Tony Award winner/nominated: & Juliet, Almost Famous (Exec Producer), Days of Wine and Roses (Exec Producer), Sister Act, The Notebook (Exec Producer) Documentary films: Folktales, Gaucho Gaucho (Exec Producer - Sundance Award winner), Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, and Rapinoe (Exec Producer)

2019 - 2025

  • Co-Founder and Board Chair

    2019 - 2025

    Acquired by NVIDIA in 2025. The synthetic data platform purpose-built for AI.

2017 - 2023

  • Co-Founder, CEO and Board Chair

    2017 - 2023

    Acquired by Perceptyx in 2023. Making work better for everyone, everywhere through science, machine learning, and a little bit of love.

2020 - 2022

  • Board Member and Chair, HR and Compensation Committee

    2020 - 2022

  • Advisory Board Member

    2017 - 2021

    Co-founded by Vice President Al Gore, our vision is a sustainable world in which prosperity is shared broadly, in a society that achieves wellbeing for all, protects nature and preserves a habitable climate.

2006 - 2016

  • SVP, People Operations (CHRO) / Executive Committee Member

    2006 - 2016

    First head of People Operations for Google/Alphabet. 3 CEOs. 15x revenue growth. 12x headcount growth. >200 acquisitions. 150+ POps alumni who have since become CHROs. Google Job Search. People Analytics. Project Oxygen. Project Aristotle. Project Cerebro. DEI. Re:Work. 3M applicants per year. LGBTQ global benefits. Death benefits. Many, many centi-threads.

2015 - 2015

  • Author, WORK RULES!

    2015 - 2015

    Required textbook at Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, Wharton, USC, Berklee College of Music and other universities. 100% of book income donated to charity. "A bold, inspiring, and actionable vision that will transform the future of work. It should be mandatory reading for everyone who leads, manages, or has a job."―Adam Grant "A dazzling revelation: at once an all-access backstage pass to one of the smartest organizations on the planet, and also an immensely useful blueprint for creating a culture of creativity."―Dan Coyle, author of The Talent Code "A remarkable book that reveals the secrets of becoming a talent powerhouse. He shows the many benefits of a high freedom culture with a mission that matters."―Dan Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human

2003 - 2006

  • VP, Human Resources

    2003 - 2006