Celebrate the New Year with fellow Oxford alumni at the 3rd annual California Oxford Gala! It has quickly become the Oxford event to go to and it's popularity grows every year.
Join us at the University Club for another elegant evening of drinks, dinner and dancing, meeting new and old illustrious Oxonians from the Bay Area.
We are delighted to welcome distinguished speaker Pete Flint (MPhys Physics, 1993), founder and former CEO of Trulia, Board of Zillow Group, and Managing Partner at NFX Guild.*
Pete will be discussing his career in a fireside chat with Dr Marc Ventresca, an economic sociologist in the Strategy, Innovation and Marketing Faculty at Saïd Business School.
About the Speakers
After spending approximately 10 years as co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Trulia, Pete Flint is currently on the Board of Zillow Group after Trulia was acquired by Zillow. Now one of the most popular and pioneering real estate web and mobile apps in the US, Pete started Trulia to revolutionize the real estate experience by empowering consumers to make better decisions.
Pete previously spent 5 years as a founding team member and Head of Global Business Development at lastminute.com where his role encompassed many parts of the business.
Dr Marc Ventresca works as an economic sociologist in the Strategy, Innovation and Marketing Faculty at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and serves as Governing Body Fellow of Wolfson College. His areas of expertise include strategy informed by the intersection of innovation, infrastructure and institutions and his areas of expertise include market and network formation, entrepreneurship, governance, and innovation and technology strategy.
*Previous speaker Kevin Hartz is now unable to attend.