Theresia Gouw

Theresia Gouw (#3171)

Global Rank #3171

Country Rank #949

Country United States

I, like thousands of others who are called to the Valley everyday, have my parents to thank for showing me how to be an American dreamer.

$ 1 B
Venture capital
United States
F
58 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #3,171

Country Rank #949

Net Worth $1.1B

Previous Worth $1.1B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United States

Industry Venture capital

Age 58 Years

Gender F

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship United States

World Billionaires List United States Billionaires Venture capital

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 58

Source Of Wealth Venture capital, Self Made

Self Made Score 9

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship United States

Children 2

Education Master of Business Administration, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Brown University

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $1.1B

Current Net Worth $1.1B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Theresia Gouw launched Acrew Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm in 2019; it now manages $1.7 billion in gross assets. In 2014 she cofounded venture capital firm Aspect Ventures with Jennifer Fonstad; in 2019 the two women parted ways. Gouw earned her stripes in the VC world at Accel, where she spent 15 years and was the firm's first female partner. Successful investments she led while at Accel included bets on real estate site Trulia and cybersecurity firm Imperva. She is chair of education nonprofit DonorsChoose and a board member at ONE, a nonprofit focused on ending poverty.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

A snapshot of the list placements and rankings connected to Theresia Gouw.

#3017

Billionaires (2026)

#33

America's Richest Self-Made Women (2025)

Ranked

50 Over 50 - Money (2022)

#72

The Midas List: Top Tech Investors (2020)

#98

Power Women (2018)

Insights

Did You Know?

Gouw has appeared on the Forbes Midas List of the most successful venture capitalists, seven times.

An engineering major at Brown University, she considered switching to sociology but was persuaded not to by her father.

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Net Worth Growth Over Time

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Current Net Worth: $1.1B (May 4, 2026)