UNITED RENTALS INC (URI)
Sector: Industrials
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Sector: Industrials
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Director information for URI
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| URI | Board Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners; Independent Director | 43 | ["Board Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners", "Seasoned venture capitalist and business leader", "Over 15 years of experience supporting global technology companies", "Investment and management responsibilities at Lightspeed", "Partner at Highland Capital Partners", "Experience with private company boards including Archive Resale, Daily Harvest, Table22, and Vinted", "MBA from Harvard Business School", "MS in materials science & engineering from MIT", "AB in physics from Harvard University"] | ["SC", "Strategy"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Mr. Taussig is a Board Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California with over $40 billion in assets under management. He is a seasoned venture capitalist and business leader with over 15 years of experience supporting global technology companies from inception through IPO. Mr. Taussig joined Lightspeed in 2016 and has since served in multiple roles with investment and management responsibilities, including Partner from 2016 to 2021, Co-Head of the Consumer Practice from 2021 to 2024, and Board Partner from 2025 to present. His investment and board experience includes scaled marketplace businesses such as Faire, Vinted, Whatnot, and Zola, spanning multiple segments of the digital commerce landscape. Prior to Lightspeed, Mr. Taussig was a Partner at Highland Capital Partners, where, from 2009 to 2016, he supported more than a dozen companies across both consumer and enterprise software, including thredUp and Carbon Black (acquired by VMWare). Mr. Taussig currently serves or has recently served on private company boards, including Archive Resale from 2021 to present, Daily Harvest from 2017 to 2025, Table22 from 2024 to present, and Vinted from 2022 to 2025. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar), an MS in materials science & engineering from MIT, and an AB in physics from Harvard University.