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among the firm's big wins. Maris doesn't intend to stop pursuing these kinds of deals. But he has other ambitions, too. "There are plenty of people, including us, that want to inves
tween making a lot of money or finding a way to make people live longer, what do you choose?" * * * Maris is standing at the front of Joshua Tree, Google Ventures' large conference room. Each room at headquarters is named after a national park. "OK, we have a lot to get through today," he tells his staff. The
e wall of windows. Beyond is the leafy expanse of the main Google campus. Inside his office, there's not much that gives any indication of the work Maris does here, Bloomberg Markets will report in its April 2015 issue. The room is sparse—clean white walls, a few chairs, a table. On this day, his des
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e sciences, an investment in Flatiron Health, which is building a cloud platform to analyze cancer data. This is just the beginning. "In 20 years," Maris says, "chemo will seem so primitive it will be like using a telegraph." * * * At the age of 22, just out of college, Maris met the friend who woul
, one of Google's earliest employees, is now CEO of YouTube. Anne Wojcicki went on to co- found 23andMe, a genetics testing company that is part of Google Ventures' portfolio. Maris quit Investor AB after six months and went to Burlington, Vermont, to start a Web- hosting company. He was so green that he read Ne
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