Joe Lonsdale
Joe Lonsdale is a renowned tech entrepreneur and investor, and the Founder and General Partner of 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing $6 billion in capital. Prior to focusing on institutional investing, Joe co-founded Palantir Technologies, a multi-billion dollar global software company best known for its work in defense and finance. Since then, he has founded more than a dozen prominent companies, including Addepar, a wealth management platform with about $5 trillion, and OpenGov, the leading cloud software provider for local governments. He was also an early institutional investor in e-commerce giant Wish, virtual reality leader Oculus, health insurer Oscar, and numerous other companies. In addition to 8VC, Joe is also active in a variety of philanthropic and institutional pursuits, including support for liberty in public policy, the classical arts, and healthcare innovation.
Joe Lonsdale Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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General Partner
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Finance Intern
Academic History
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B.S., Computer Science
TECH COMPANIES
He was a Founding Partner at Formation 8, one of the top-performing private funds and the precursor to 8VC.
He founded Addepar, which has over $1.8T on its wealth management technology platform, and OpenGov, which modernizes various processes for over 2,000 municipalities and state agencies.
He also founded Epirus, Affinity, National Resilience Bio, LIT, and other mission-driven technology businesses.
He was an early investor in notable tech startups including Anduril Industries, Oculus, Guardant Health, Oscar, Illumio, Wish, JoyTunes, Blend, Flexport, Joby Aviation, Yugabyte, Orca Bio, Qualia, and others.
EARLY CAREER
Joe began his career as an early executive at Clarium Capital, which he helped grow into a large global macro hedge fund.
He also worked with PayPal while attending Stanford University.
RECOGNITIONS
2016 Forbes 100 Midas List
2012 Forbes 30 Under 30 - Enterprise Technology
PHILANTHROPY
Joe has dedicated his career to improving lives through philanthropy, education, and public policy, along with entrepreneurship and investing.
He co-founded the non-partisan Cicero Institute, which crafts and advances policies to promote transparent and accountable governance in over a dozen states.
He also supports various nonprofit organizations such as Thorn, an NGO leveraging tech to fight child trafficking.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Joe has been profiled or featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Bloomberg, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, The New York Times, and Fortune.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.