Brent Frei
Brent Frei is Founder, Executive and Chairman at TerraClear, and Founder and Board Member at Smartsheet. He also founded HarvestWest Investments LLC. Previously, he was CEO and Founder at Onyx Software, Executive Vice President at Intellectual Ventures, and held early roles at Microsoft and Motorola.
Brent Frei
Brent Frei credits his success to hard work and dedication, which he learned from his parents and from growing up on his family’s farm in Idaho. Though he never felt the need to be in charge, his desire to be in an environment where everyone is sinking or swimming on their own merit, including himself, led him to become the founder of three companies. Brent’s first, Onyx, IPOed in 1999, and his second, Smartsheet, IPOed in 2018. Brent reflects on the early days at Smartsheet, including the time they were almost out of money and the business model they bet…
Organizations
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Smartsheet Founder and Board Member 2017–present, Exec, Chairman 2005–2017 · current
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TerraClear Founder, Exec and Chairman 2017–present · current
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HarvestWest Investments LLC Founder 2011–present · current
Education
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Dartmouth College BA/BE, Engineering · 1984–1988
