Peter Atkins

Bio

Permian's founding Managing Director. Has over eighteen years of business and investing experience. Prior to founding Permian in 2001, spent six years at Microsoft in various business and strategy roles. Was the General Manager of E-Service Development for Microsoft, where he was responsible for identifying the categories and companies in which MSN should invest. Prior to this role, was the General Manager for Sales & Marketing for MSN Sidewalk (which was Microsoft's local portal and was later merged into MSN). His initial job at Microsoft was in the Consumer Division marketing group, where he had responsibility for helping to define the business and marketing model for various prospective online investments. Prior to Microsoft, he spent four and a half years at Time Inc in New York City in financial positions. Between college and business school, he co-founded a company which developed retirement care communities. MBA degree from Cornell University and a BA degree from Skidmore College. He did post graduate work at Harvard University, in government and business.