Peter Sims (writer)

Peter Eagle Sims is an American writer and entrepreneur. He authored three books including True North (2007), co-authored with Bill George, which was among the Wall Street Journal bestseller books. Others incude Little Bets (2011) and Black Sheep (2024). Sims has been praised as "one who knows his way around disruptive ideas."

Sims is the Founder & Chairman of BLK SHP (Black Sheep), a place and platform for experimentation 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. He was also part of the founding team for GivingTuesday, the global philanthropy movement.

Life

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.

Works

• True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, ISBN 978-0-7879-8751-0, with Bill George, 2007.
• Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, ISBN 978-0-7879-8751-0, 2011.
• Black Sheep: The Quest to Be Human in an Inhuman Time, ISBN 978-1-9397-1425-1, 2024.