# Ted Schlein

Ted Schlein is a partner at Kleiner Perkins and executive chairman and founding partner at Ballistic Ventures. A Midas-list investor and former NVCA chairman, he has guided more than 30 founders to exits including ArcSight, Chegg, Fortify Software, IronNet, Jive, LifeLock and Segment. A cybersecurity specialist, he was founding CEO of Fortify Software (acquired by HP) and previously led antivirus at Symantec.

Ted Schlein is a partner at Kleiner Perkins and executive chairman and founding partner at Ballistic Ventures. A Midas-list investor and former NVCA chairman, he has guided more than 30 founders to exits including ArcSight, Chegg, Fortify Software, IronNet, Jive, LifeLock and Segment. A cybersecurity specialist, he was founding CEO of Fortify Software (acquired by HP) and previously led antivirus at Symantec.

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