Peter Sims (writer)
Peter Eagle Sims is an American writer, entrepreneur, and investor. Sims is the founder of BLK SHP, a platform for small bets and investing. Previously, he worked as an investor at Summit Partners in London where he co-founded the firm's European office. He has also been an advisor at X Development|Google, The Moonshot Factory, Alphabet's semi-secret innovation laboratory. Sims has been praised as "one who knows his way around disruptive ideas."
He has authored three books including True North, co-authored with Bill George, which was among the Wall Street Journal bestseller books. Others include Little Bets, which was named one of the best advice books for entrepreneurs by the Wall Street Journal, and Black Sheep.
As a social entrepreneur, Sims co-founded FUSE corps, a nonprofit fellowship organization that partners with mayors and local governments across the United States to help them solve urgent local challenges, such as homelessness, climate resilience, education and workforce development —supporting over 500 fellowships in 30 states. Additionally, Sims was part of the founding team for GivingTuesday, the philanthropy movement that has become a globally recognized day of giving to charity, and has raised more than $20 billion for nonprofit causes.
Film
Sims and Orlando Bloom served as executive producers for the documentary film Earthbound. Directed by Farhoud Meybodi, the film explores the life of Nzambi Matee, a Kenyan innovator and entrepreneur who is tackling the plastic waste epidemic in her hometown of Nairobi. The film won numerous awards, including a 2023 Tribeca X Award in the feature film category.Education and Personal
Sims is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Stanford Business School, and also spent several years at Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (the d.school) studying product design. He grew up in the rural foothills of Northern California, where his father was a county judge, and he attended Colfax High School.His 3rd-great grandfather, Jacob Gundlach, founded Gundlach Bundschu Winery in Sonoma in 1858, now the oldest family-owned winery in California.