Jerry Murdock is co-founder and retired managing director of Insight Venture Partners, a leading global private equity and venture capital firm. Since 1995, Insight has invested over $5 billion in more than 160 growth-stage software, e-commerce, Internet, and data-services companies. Murdock has spent his career investing in and building technology companies that change and positively impact businesses and social practices, including Twitter, Path, and Flipboard. He serves on the boards of the Aspen Institute, Aspen Center of Environmental Studies, and Santa Fe Institute.