Meeker, who covers Internet and consumer software companies, has an impressive track record of understanding emerging technology trends and companies. She was an early and consistent believer in opportunities related to the development of the Internet. She was one of the first Wall Street analysts to cover Microsoft, Dell, Intuit, AOL, Netscape, CNET, Yahoo!, Amazon.com, VeriSign, eBay and Google.

Meeker joined Morgan Stanley in 1991. Previously, she was a technology research analyst at Cowen and at Salomon Brothers. She co-wrote The Internet Report (1995) and The Internet Advertising Report (1996), books that helped define the industry. She also is the co-author of The Internet Retailing Report (1997), The Online Classified Advertising Report: It’s About Search / Find / Obtain (SFO) (2002), The China Internet Report (2004) and The Technology IPO Yearbook. Hundreds of thousands of copies of these reports are in circulation.

Meeker earned her bachelor’s degree from DePauw, and she earned her master’s degree in business administration from Cornell.