Michelangelo Volpi Biography and Net Worth

Mr. Volpi has served as Partner at Index Ventures since 2009 and as the General Partner at Hanabi Capital since 2025. Mr. Volpi joined Index and helped establish the firm's San Francisco office. He invests primarily in software infrastructure and artificial intelligence companies. Mr. Volpi is currently serving on the boards of Cockroach Labs, Cohere, Confluent, Hebbia, Kong, Ferrari, and Wealthfront, among others. Mr. Volpi held several executive positions prior to Index and Hanabi Capital, including Chief Strategy Officer and SVP/GM of Cisco's routing business. While at Cisco, he managed a P&L in excess of $10 billion in revenues, and his team was responsible for the acquisition of over 70 companies, some of which were multi-billion deals. Mr. Volpi has a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in manufacturing systems engineering from Stanford and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also currently serves on the board of directors of Stanford Health Care and previously served on the board of directors of Elastic, Zuora and Stellantis (f/k/a Fiat Chrysler Automobile).