About Oliver

Oliver B. Libby is co-founding Managing Partner of Hatzimemos / Libby Holdings (H/L Ventures) and of CityRock Venture Partners. Based in New York City and founded in 2009, the H/L Ventures family of companies represents a new kind of venture firm. H/L Ventures is dedicated to building high-growth businesses that add value to society by protecting and promoting people and the planet, with a strong preference for diverse founding teams. H/L Ventures’ proprietary Daily Active Engagement model blends the best of venture studio and investment firm on one platform to help grow companies from early stage to exit in a holistic approach to company building.

Mr. Libby also chairs the Board of The Resolution Project, Inc., a non-profit organization based in New York City which he co-founded in 2007 and which recently acquired global entrepreneurship powerhouse Enactus as well. Through its Social Venture Challenges, held at leading youth conferences around the world, Resolution identifies undergraduate students who wish to launch new social ventures. The resulting Resolution Fellowships provide dynamic, hands-on mentorship and grants to implement their social ventures— a full ecosystem of support that empowers the recipients to become socially-responsible leaders. To date, hundreds of Resolution Fellows are working on diverse ventures in high-impact fields and have benefited about 6 million people to-date in nearly 100 countries on all six inhabited continents, including all across the United States, as well as amassing over $6B in market capitalization in social ventures, and training about 50,000 students a year via Enactus as well.

Mr. Libby began his career in the U.S. Government and later at a global managing consulting firm. Mr. Libby is a Presidential Leadership Scholar, a Board Member of Tech:NYC, a Concordia Summit Advisor, a member of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth Advisory Council, and a founding GLG Social Impact Fellow. Mr. Libby was previously also a Foundation Trustee and Chair of the Admissions Committee of the Harvard Club of New York City, as well as a member of the Advisory Council of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Mr. Libby is the author of Strong Floor, No Ceiling, a book about reigniting the American Dream from what he calls the Radical Center.  Mr. Libby has been invited to speak at Harvard, the United Nations, and numerous business conferences. He has published work focusing on the nexus between the future of work, job creation, innovation, social entrepreneurship, and leadership. His work has been covered in publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Venture Capital Journal, Crains NY Business, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Reuters, and television appearances including CNBC.

Mr. Libby graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College.