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Otis Chandler

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Smart Money Rating: 90 out of 100

Venture Partner, Clay Point Investors

Firm
Clay Point Investors
Title
Venture Partner
Role
Venture partner
Location
Southern California
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Record updated 22 September 2026

About

Otis was the founder of Goodreads, which he built into a 100 million user social network for people who love reading. He sold the company to Amazon in 2013 and spent 6 years running the business within Amazon. Otis is passionate about digital consumer products, especially around health, has a deep understanding of how the internet works from a technical and business perspective, is a fastidious and skilled interviewer, and a wonderful advisor to entrepreneurs. He is based in Southern California, is a keen cook, triathlete and surfer, and is working on his next big project.

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