Aaron Holiday
Co-founder And Managing Partner at Apollo Theater
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Holiday is a founder and investor with 12 years of experience building and scaling startups as Co‑founder and Managing Partner of 645 Ventures in New York. With an MBA focused on venture capital from Cornell Johnson and a CS degree from Morehouse, he blends technical fluency from early software engineering roles at Goldman Sachs with deep operator and deal-making experience. He serves on boards and teaches at Cornell Tech, where he mentors early adopters and helps spin out startups—bringing academic rigor to real-world company building. Active in civic and cultural nonprofit leadership, he sits on the Apollo Theater board and is engaged with YPO Metro NY, signaling cross-sector influence beyond VC. Known for turning engineering discipline into repeatable venture playbooks, he combines hands-on product empathy with network-driven capital formation. A detail that often surprises: his career arc moves from low-latency trading systems to shaping entrepreneur ecosystems, giving him rare credibility on both technology and founder support.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Venture Capital, MBA Venture Capital at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of ManagementBachelors of Science Computer Science Cum Laude Honors, Bachelors of Science Computer Science Cum Laude Honors at Morehouse College
Github Skills (1)
python2
Github contributions (4)
cornelltech/spinouts
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
cornelltech/Early-Adopters
Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:22 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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