Gary Cowan

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Gary Cowan worked as Principal at Osborne Computer Corp.
Worked as Senior Director at RealNetworks, Inc. from 1999 to 2003.
Worked as Director & MSN Search at Microsoft Corp.
from 2004 to 2005.
Worked as Director-Search Traffic at Amazon.com, Inc. from 2005 to 2006.
Worked as Senior Vice President-Products & Marketing at DataSphere Technologies, Inc. from 2007 to 2016.
Worked as Director & EU Automated Marketing at Amazon EU SARL from 2018 to 2022.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from The University of Queensland and an MBA from Harvard University conferred in 1999.

Former positions of Gary Cowan

Companies	Position	End
Permira Advisers LLP Permira Advisers LLP Investment ManagersFinance Permira Advisers invests in middle market companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on technology, consumer, healthcare, services and climate sectors. It provides financing in the form of debt and equity for buyout and growth stage capital requirements.	Private Equity Investor	01/12/2024
Amazon EU SARL Amazon EU SARL Specialty StoresRetail Trade Operates as an online retailer	Private Equity Investor	01/11/2022
DataSphere Technologies, Inc. DataSphere Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides SaaS-based hyper local marketing solutions	Private Equity Investor	01/04/2016
AMAZON.COM, INC.	Private Equity Investor	01/12/2006
MICROSOFT CORPORATION	Private Equity Investor	01/01/2005

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Private companies	9
Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, manufactures and distributes software products	Technology Services
Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc. Internet RetailRetail Trade Provides online retail shopping services	Retail Trade
RealNetworks, Inc. RealNetworks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI-powered facial recognition systems for security	Technology Services
DataSphere Technologies, Inc. DataSphere Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides SaaS-based hyper local marketing solutions	Technology Services
Harvard University Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Permira Advisers LLP Permira Advisers LLP Investment ManagersFinance Permira Advisers invests in middle market companies located across the globe. The firm focuses on technology, consumer, healthcare, services and climate sectors. It provides financing in the form of debt and equity for buyout and growth stage capital requirements.	Finance
The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Amazon EU SARL Amazon EU SARL Specialty StoresRetail Trade Operates as an online retailer	Retail Trade
Osborne Computer Corp.

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