Board & Observer Seats
Craig Sherman
Managing Director
Craig Sherman joined Meritech as a Managing Director in 2011 and focuses primarily on Internet and digital media, SaaS and consumer services businesses.
Prior to Meritech, Craig was Chief Executive Officer of Gaia Interactive, a 25 million+ monthly unique pioneer and leader in social games and online communities including Gaiaonline.com, Gonline.com, and Monster Galaxy. Prior to joining Gaia, Craig served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital. Previously, Craig was Chief Operating Officer of Ancestry.com (ACOM), where he helped grow the company from $10 million to $150 million in sales. Before Ancestry.com, Craig held senior positions at American International Group. Previous to AIG, Craig was Chief Executive Officer of Cendant Japan, a joint venture he founded with Cendant and Mitsubishi Corporation that he helped grow from inception to over $20 million in sales and profitability.
Craig has personally invested in over a dozen startups including Ancestry, SurveyMonkey, Zillow and Zipcar. In addition, Craig held independent board and advisory roles with Homestead (prior to its sale to Intuit), Kongregate (sold to GameStop), Logoworks (sold to Hewlett Packard), Netquote (sold to BankRate), and Photobucket (sold to Fox).
Craig graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University.