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Joe Lonsdale, American entrepreneur, investor & philanthropist. Over the course of my career, I’ve been a part of founding more than a dozen mission-driven companies, including Palantir, Addepar, OpenGov, Affinity, Epirus, Resilience Bio, and 8VC.
In 2004, Thiel bankrolled the creation of a prototype by PayPal engineer Nathan Gettings and Stanford University students Joe Lonsdale and Stephen Cohen. That same year, Thiel hired Alex Karp, a former colleague of his from Stanford Law School, as chief executive officer.
Joe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR), a global software company known for its work supporting US and its allies’ defense and intelligence.
Joe Lonsdale is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the managing partner at 8VC, a US-based venture capital firm that manages several billion dollars in committed capital.
About Joe Lonsdale. Entrepreneur and investor Lonsdale moved his Silicon Valley venture firm, 8VC, to Austin, Texas last year. "Bad policies discourage business and innovation, stifle...
Apr 26, 2017 · The worst of it happened in 2015 when an ex-girlfriend sued him, alleging emotional and sexual abuse. The allegations fit into a troubling pattern of reports about discrimination and...
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I’m Joe Lonsdale: serial entrepreneur, venture capital investor, philanthropist, husband, father of four girls, and lifelong builder. In 2003, I founded Palantir Technologies to bring together the country’s best technical talent to defend America after 9/11.
Joe’s Work. I’m an entrepreneur first and foremost, and this has been the unifying principle of my work across investing, philanthropy, and public policy. For me, entrepreneurship means a perpetual dissatisfaction with the status quo, solving meaningful problems in novel ways, and enlisting extraordinary talent for each new journey.
Joe is a co-founder of Palantir, a multi-billion dollar global software company best known for its work in defense and finance. Most recently, he was a founding partner at Formation 8, one of the top performing private funds and the precursor to 8VC.
