Peter Atkins

Peter Atkins is the managing director of Permian Partners, an investment fund he founded in 2001 amid the Internet bust. Permian approaches buying stock the same way it would evaluate the purchase of an entire business. Prior to Permian, Peter was a General Manager at Microsoft, where over the course of six years he helped to start, manage and, later, invest in various early consumer Internet businesses. Earlier in his career, Peter worked at Time Inc. in New York City. Peter has a BA degree from Skidmore College, an MBA degree from Cornell University and did graduate work at Harvard University.