Fellowship
Fellow
Class
26
Current Firm
Location
Argentina

Claire Diaz-Ortiz

Fellowship
Fellow
Class
26
Current Firm
Location
Argentina
Education

In Claire’s work, she has been called everything from “Twitter’s Pontiff Recruitment Chief” (The Washington Post) to a “Force for Good” (Forbes) and “One of the Most Generous People in Social Media” (Fast Company). As CNN said in 2017, “If Twitter has a soul, it probably looks something like Claire Diaz-Ortiz.”

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Claire's nine published books include One Minute Mentoring (Harper Collins; with Ken Blanchard) Social Media Success for Every Brand (Harper Collins Leadership), Twitter for Good (Jossey-Bass), and her next untitled book on women startup founders and women startup funders (with Sophia Bendz). 

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Claire holds an MBA from Oxford University, where she was a Skoll Foundation Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship, and a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University. As one of the digital world’s earliest social justice activists, Claire used Twitter to build awareness for AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa, and founded Hope Runs, a nonprofit organization in Kenya.

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In offbeat superlatives, Claire is known for being the first and only person to ever have the very bad, no good, terrible idea to live-tweet a child’s birth. Claire lives in Argentina with her husband, daughter, and twin boys.

Professional

<p>Claire Diaz-Ortiz is a Latin America-based angel investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter.&nbsp;</p><p>Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called &ldquo;The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter&rdquo; by <em>Wired</em>, she has written nine books that have been translated into 11 languages. Her next book focuses on women founders and funders.&nbsp;</p><p>Most recently, Claire was a partner at Magma Partners, a seed stage fund in Latin America, where she launched Brava, the first initiative of its kind to invest in women founders across Latin America.&nbsp;</p><p>In Claire&rsquo;s work, she has been&nbsp;called everything from &ldquo;The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter&rdquo; (<em>Wired</em>) and &ldquo;Twitter&rsquo;s Pontiff Recruitment Chief&rdquo; (<em>The Washington Post</em>) to a &ldquo;Force for Good&rdquo; (<em>Forbes</em>) and &ldquo;One of the Most Generous People in Social Media&rdquo; (<em>Fast Company</em>). As <em>CNN</em> said in 2017, &ldquo;If Twitter has a soul, it probably looks something like Claire Diaz-Ortiz.&rdquo;</p><p>Claire nine books include <a href="<https://www.amazon.com/One-Minute-Mentoring-Mentor-Benefit/dp/0062429302>">One</a> Minute Mentoring (Harper Collins; with Ken Blanchard), <a href="<https://amzn.to/2pqXIAA>">Social Media Success for Every Brand</a> (Harper Collins Leadership), <a href="<https://amzn.to/3nXphLI>">Twitter for Good</a> (Jossey-Bass), and her next untitled book about women startup founders and women startup funders.&nbsp;</p><p>Claire holds an MBA from Oxford University, where she was a Skoll Foundation Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship, and a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University. As one of the social media world&rsquo;s earliest social justice activists, Claire used Twitter to build awareness for AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa, and founded Hope Runs, a nonprofit organization in Kenya.&nbsp;</p><p>In offbeat superlatives, she is known for being the first and only person to ever have the terrible idea to live-tweet a child&rsquo;s birth.&nbsp;</p><p>Claire lives in Argentina with her husband, daughter, and twin boys.&nbsp;</p><p>Find out more about her at <u>www.ClaireDiazOrtiz.com</u> or via @claire on Twitter.</p>

Fellowship

<p>Claire is mentored by Jenny Lefcourt (GP at Freestyle &amp; Founding Member of All Raise), Harry Stebbings (VC &amp; Host of 20 Minute VC), and Federico Antoni (GP at ALLVP), and is a member of Class 26.</p>