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| name = Hemant Taneja<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age |1975|02}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Delhi, India]]<br />
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| alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT)<br />
| occupation = [[Venture capitalist]]<br />
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| known_for = CEO of [[General Catalyst]]<br />
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'''Hemant Taneja''' is an Indian-born American billionaire [[venture capitalist]] who is the CEO of [[General Catalyst]], a venture capital firm. He has been CEO since 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=George |date=28 April 2024 |title=Silicon Valley's General Catalyst closes in on $6bn fund for tech start-ups |url=https://www.ft.com/content/17c03819-4566-4fd2-b0b4-45f5677d8749 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Financial Times}}</ref><br />
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As of November 2025, ''Forbes'' estimated his net worth at $3.6 billion<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hemant Taneja - General Catalyst |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/hemant-taneja/ |access-date=2025-11-15 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Taneja moved from India to Boston, Massachusetts, during high school.<ref name=":8" /> He earned three undergraduate and two graduate degrees from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":8" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Taneja has led General Catalyst in investments in companies such as [[Anduril Industries|Anduril]], [[Anthropic]], Applied Intuition, [[Gusto, Inc.|Gusto]], [[Ro (company)|Ro]], [[Samsara (company)|Samsara]], [[Snap Inc.|Snap]], and [[Stripe, Inc.|Stripe]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Hemant Taneja |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/hemant-taneja/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, the firm raised $8 billion to invest in technology startups across sectors including healthcare, climate technology, and artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hammond |first=George |date=2024-10-24 |title=Silicon Valley's General Catalyst raises $8bn in global push |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e5502f81-6d89-4a9c-8242-1a3f161de2ca |access-date=2024-11-18 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><br />
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Taneja co-founded Livongo, which merged with [[Teladoc Health]] in 2020, and Commure, which later merged with Athelas.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2024 |title=Sixteen Indian Americans among Business Insider's 'The Seed 100' |url=https://www.theindianpanorama.news/indians-abroad/indians-abroad-indians-abroad/sixteen-indian-americans-among-business-insiders-the-seed-100/ |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=The Indian Panorama}}</ref> In 2023, he co-founded Responsible Innovation Labs, a nonprofit focused on ethical AI development, which collaborated with the U.S. Commerce Department on the Responsible AI Initiative.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Confino |first=Paolo |title=Commerce Department partners with major VC firms encourage startups to be "responsible" in AI use |url=https://fortune.com/2023/10/03/commerce-department-and-vc-firms-partner-to-encourage-responsible-ai-use-for-startups/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
Taneja has authored the following books:<br />
* ''Transformation Principles: How to Create Enduring Change'' (2025) {{ISBN|9781637747353}}<br />
* ''Intended Consequences: How to Build Market-Leading Companies with Responsible Innovation'' (2022)<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=View From The Top: Hemant Taneja |url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/events/view-top-hemant-taneja |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Stanford Graduate School of Business |language=en}}</ref><br />
* ''UnHealthcare'' (2020), {{ISBN|1716996511|978-1716996511}}<br />
* ''Unscaled'' (2018)<ref>{{cite book | last=Taneja | first=Hemant | title=Unscaled | publisher=PublicAffairs | publication-place=New York | date=2018-03-27 | isbn=978-1610398121 | page=}}</ref><br />
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== Philanthropy ==<br />
Taneja and his wife are members of the Giving Pledge, committing to donate the majority of their wealth.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Olakoyenikan |first=Segun |title=Open AI's Sam Altman Just Vowed To Donate Most Of His Wealth Through Giving Pledge |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/segunolakoyenikan/2024/05/28/open-ais-sam-atman-and-8-other-billionaires-just-vowed-to-donate-most-of-their-wealth-through-giving-pledge/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, he supported MIT.nano, creating the Shiv and Santosh Taneja Innovation Alcove, named for his parents.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Education Meets Innovation |url=https://betterworld.mit.edu/education-meets-innovation/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=MIT for a Better World |language=en}}</ref> He also contributed to the establishment of the Khan Lab School, a school applying MIT's systems thinking approach to elementary education.<ref name=":8" /> Taneja serves on the [[Stanford University School of Medicine|Stanford School of Medicine]] Board of Fellows and the board of trustees for [[Northeastern University]].<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mello-Klein |first=Cody |date=2024-07-29 |title=Hemant Taneja, a venture capitalist and global thought leader, appointed to Northeastern University Board of Trustees |url=https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/29/hemant-taneja-board-of-trustees/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Northeastern Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> He is the co-founder and chairman of Advanced Energy United.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaufmann |first=K. |date=2023-01-06 |title=New Mission Means New Name for Advanced Energy Economy |url=https://www.rtoinsider.com/31391-new-mission-means-new-name-advanced-energy-economy/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=RTO Insider |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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