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James Park

Founder of Fitbit

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

James Park is the Co-Founder of Fitbit and currently serves on the boards of Kraft-Heinz and SFMOMA. He has a successful track record in the tech industry, having previously held executive roles at Google and CNET Networks. Park's career highlights include founding Fitbit, a leading wearable technology company, and serving as the Vice President and General Manager of Health and Wearables at Google.

Work Experience 

  • Trustee, Board of Trustees

    2024 - Current

  • Board Member

    2022

Kraft Heinz is a multinational food and beverage company offering a diverse range of condiments, sauces, snacks, cheese, and frozen foods.

Raised $20,000,000.00.

  • VP and GM, Health and Wearables

    2021 - 2024

    Fitbit, Pixel Watch

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • CEO and Co-Founder

    2007 - 2021

    IPO NYSE 2015. Acquired by Google 2021

Fitbit offers compact, wireless, wearable sensors that track a person’s daily activities in order to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Raised $66,000,000.00 from Sapphire Ventures, True Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Foundry Group and SoftBank Capital.

  • Director of Product Development

    2005 - 2007

CNET is an online platform that provides tech product reviews, news, prices, videos, forums, podcasts, how to's, and more.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Spark Capital and TCV.

  • President and Co-Founder

    2002 - 2005

    Acquired by CNET Networks in 2005.

  • CTO and Co-Founder

    1999 - 2001

    Wrote some software

  • Peon

    1998 - 1999

    Did stuff for a quant trading fund called Equity Plus

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.

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