Patrick James McGinnis is an American venture capitalist and author. He is best known for coining the term "

fear of missing out Fear of missing out (FOMO) is the feeling of apprehension that one is either not in the know about or missing out on information, events, experiences, or life decisions that could make one's life better. FOMO is also associated with a fear of re ...

" (FOMO), which he first used in an op-ed for '' The Harbus'' in 2004 while studying at the

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

. In 2016, he published a book entitled ''The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job''. Prior to enrolling at Harvard, McGinnis studied at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

. In 2010, he founded an independent advisory firm known as Dirigo Advisors, which works with investors and businesses operating primarily in Latin America. He previously worked as the Vice President of

PineBridge Investments PineBridge Investments LLC (also known as PineBridge) is an American asset management firm. It was previously the asset management division of American International Group (AIG) known as AIG Investments before being sold to the Pacific Century G ...

(formerly AIG Capital Partners). In 2014, he co-authored a policy research working paper from the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...

entitled ''Private Equity and Venture Capital in SMEs in Developing Countries : The Role for Technical Assistance''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McGinnis, Patrick James Living people American venture capitalists American business writers Harvard Business School alumni Year of birth missing (living people)