Apple hires prominent venture capitalist for App Store role

Mark Gurman, Bloomberg:

> Apple Inc. hired Josh Elman, a former venture capitalist at Greylock Partners who led early investments in Discord and the precursor to TikTok, to work on the App Store.
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> Elman’s role will focus on app discovery for customers, he said in a statement Monday. He’ll step back from investing and the corporate boards that he serves on, which includes the communications app Discord and the blogging site Medium.

To get a sense of Josh Elman, take a read through this Twitter thread, where Josh announces his big news and talks through a bit of his past.

I find it amazing that Apple and Elman came together like this. Always surprised when someone so used to controlling their destiny and money flow goes to work for a big company. And that always brings to mind the billionaire (Steve Ballmer) working for another billionaire (Bill Gates).



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