Gordon Ritter

Overview

Gordon Ritter is Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital[1]. Ritter maintains a presence on X (formerly Twitter) under the handle @RITTAIRE[2].

Career history

1. Founder and General PartnerJun 2002 to PresentEmergence Capital
2. Chair of the BoardAug 2008 to PresentVeeva Systems
3. RNBoard MemberMar 2026 to PresentRadical Numerics
4. AIBoard MemberJun 2025 to PresentArtificial Intelligence Underwriting Company
5. BBoard MemberJan 2025 to PresentBland
6. FBoard MemberApr 2022 to PresentFederato
7. HMBoard MemberFeb 2021 to PresentHi Marley
8. Board MemberJul 2017 to PresentGuru (getguru.com)

Education

1. B.A., EconomicsPrinceton University
2. PEPhillips Exeter Academy

Media & appearances

• Financial Thought Exchange PodcastApple Podcasts2026-06-25
  Quantitative Investing with Petter Kolm, PhD, and Gordon Ritter, PhDPetter Kolm, PhD, and Gordon Ritter, PhD, join Lotta Moberg, PhD, CFA, to continue their discussion on quantitative investing, focusing on model design, implementation, and real‑world application. The conversation explores how quantitative strategies
• Financial Thought Exchange PodcastApple Podcasts2026-06-11
  Risk, Models, and Financial Decision‑Making with Petter Kolm, PhD and Gordon Ritter, PhDPetter Kolm, PhD and Gordon Ritter, PhD, join Lotta Moberg, PhD, for a conversation on quantitative models, risk, and financial decision‑making. The discussion examines how models are constructed and evaluated, the assumptions that underpin them, and
• ORIGINSApple Podcasts2025-09-16
  Gordon Ritter | The Story of Silicon Valley's Most Extreme Investor ($8B In Returns)Gordon Ritter co-founded Emergence Capital, backing iconic brands like Salesforce, Veeva Systems, Zoom, and more. We cover his life story in great detail — ranging from his father’s bloody face on the New York Times front page to founding Emergence Additional recording: ORIGINS.
• SEEING FACES IN MOVIESApple Podcasts2024-01-15
  027 - Klute (D.O.P. Gordon Willis 1971) w/ Ryan RitterFelicia is joined by Ryan Ritter to chat about Gordon Willis’ dark imagery in Alan J. Pakula’s detective thriller in Klute (1971). We chat about how Gordon Willis uses the camera in service of the actors performance and gives them the space they re
• Real VisionApple Podcasts2021-01-30
  The Future of SaaS Investing, Machine Learning, & Data Privacy (w/ Raoul Pal & Gordon Ritter)Finance & Investing: Gordon Ritter & Raoul Pal discuss the evolution of the software sector, the SaaS investing market, the future of machine learning, and more.
• The Pioneer Morning Briefing - Nachrichten aus Politik und WirtschaftApple Podcasts2026-02-16
  KT zu Guttenberg über USA | Gavin Newsom über Europa und Merz | Ritter von Paris
• Quantcast – a Risk.net Cutting Edge podcastApple Podcasts2022-06-28
  Gordon Ritter – 24/06/22