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Jewel Burks Solomon is the Head of Google for Startups in the US. In this role, Jewel drives company strategy for Google products, people and best practices to reach a diverse customer base and creates access to the best of Google for underrepresented startups and communities. In addition to this role, Jewel also serves as Managing Partner at Collab Capital, an alternative investment fund she launched to close the funding gap for Black entrepreneurs.
Prior to leading Google for Startups and Collab Capital, Jewel was Founder/CEO of Partpic, a startup that was acquired by Amazon in 2016, which streamlined the purchase of maintenance and repair parts using computer vision technology. After the acquisition of Partpic, Jewel became a product leader on Amazon’s Visual Search and AR team. She led the integration of Partpic’s technology and launched it as Amazon PartFinder in 2018, then launched Amazon StyleSnap to the over 150M users of Amazon’s Mobile Shopping App.
Before founding Partpic, Jewel held management and sales roles at McMaster-Carr and Google, Inc. Jewel was named as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016, one of Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 in 2018, and one of Atlanta’s 100 Most Influential People in 2020.
Jewel serves on the boards of Goodie Nation and reImagine:ATL, a non-profit that trains, equips, and inspires Generation Z to build careers in the creative and digital media industries. Jewel earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Howard University. She is a member of the 2019 Class of Henry Crown Fellows within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute.
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