| Peter SIms | |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1976 |
| Occupation: | Author and entrepreneur |
| Notable Works: | True NorthLittle BetsBlack Sheep |
| Website: | www.petersims.com |
| Alma Mater: | Bowdoin College,Stanford Business School |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
Peter Eagle Sims is an American writer, entrepreneur, and investor. He authored three books including True North (2007), co-authored with Bill George, which was among the Wall Street Journal bestseller books.[1] Others include Little Bets (2011)[2] and Black Sheep (2024).[3] Sims has been praised as "one who knows his way around disruptive ideas."[4]
Sims is the Founder & Chairman of BLK SHP (Black Sheep), a place and 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 Google[x], The Moonshot Factory, Alphabet's semi-secret innovation laboratory.[5]
Additionally, Sims was part of the founding team for GivingTuesday,[6] the philanthropy movement that has become a globally recognized day of giving to charity.[7] GivingTuesday is the first Tuesday after the United States' Thanksgiving, and has raised more than $13 billion for nonprofit causes to date.[8] [9] [10]
In 2024, Sims' company established an investment arm called BLK SHP Ventures.[11] [12] Founding partners included J. Taylor Crandall, a founder of Oakhill Capital,[13] Pixar co-founder and long-time President Ed Catmull, and former Autodesk CEO Carl Bass. The inspiration for "black sheep" came from Pixar, a phrase used by Director Brad Bird for "restless contributors with unconventional ideas."[14] Sims, Catmull, and Bass worked together as advisors at Google[x].[15]
Sims is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Stanford Business School. He grew up in the rural foothills of Northern California, where his father was a county judge, and he attended Colfax High School.[16] His mother is a photographer and practicing Buddhist who worked closely with Pema Chödrön, the American Buddhist teacher, on several books.[17]
Sims has a daughter, Riley, who appears in Black Sheep, and for whom he dedicates the book.[18] He is sixth generation Californian. His 3rd-great grandfather, Jacob Gundlach, founded Gundlach Bundschu Winery in Sonoma in 1858, now the oldest family-owned winery in California.[19]
Sims and Orlando Bloom served as executive producers for the documentary film Earthbound.[20] 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.[21] [22]