| Hemant Taneja is CEO and Managing Director of General Catalyst, a venture capital firm managing more than $43 billion in assets, where he has worked since 2002 and served as CEO since 2021. Born in Delhi and raised partly in Boston, he holds three undergraduate and two graduate degrees from MIT, and is an early investor in companies including Stripe, Anthropic, Snap and Gusto. He has led General Catalyst’s expansion into healthcare transformation, founding companies such as Livongo, Commure and Transcarent, and Forbes estimated his net worth at $3.6 billion as of 2026. |