Chris Yeh

Chris Yeh (born October 4, 1974) is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist, entrepreneur, author, and mentor who specializes in rapid corporate scale and hypergrowth frameworks. A child prodigy who began his undergraduate studies at Stanford University at age 15, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in Product Design Engineering and Creative Writing before graduating as a Baker Scholar with an MBA from Harvard Business School. Since 1995, Yeh has founded, advised, or invested in over 100 high-tech startups—including major platforms like Ustream and UserTesting.com—and currently serves as a Founding General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures. He is globally recognized for his close literary and business collaborations with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. Together, they co-authored the New York Times bestseller The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age (with Ben Casnocha) and the definitive scaling playbook, Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies. The book outlines a framework for prioritizing speed over operational efficiency to capture markets swiftly, a corporate philosophy that Yeh actively teaches to multinational executives as a mentor and global keynote speaker.