Owen Van Natta

Owen Van Natta
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz (BA, English and American literature, 1992)[1]
Occupation(s)Founder, OVN Capital
Known forFormer COO at Facebook
Former CEO at MySpace
Former Executive Vice President of Business at Zynga
Websitehttp://www.ovncap.com

Owen Thomas Van Natta[2] (born November 12, 1969)[3] is an American businessman who has found success in a variety of tech spaces, including e-tail, social networking, music streaming, gaming, finance and investment. He currently serves as Founder of OVN Capital[4] and has held notable positions in various tech companies, including Amazon.com, Facebook, Myspace, BOKU Mobile Payments,[5] and Zynga.[6] Van Natta holds a bachelor's degree in English and American literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.[7]

Van Natta is also a Founder and Managing Director of Prefix Capital,[8] as well as a Founder of 415, LLC.[9]

Van Natta married Jennifer Van Natta in 1998 and had two children together.[10] The couple divorced in August 2019. [11]

  1. ^ Thomas, Owen (April 24, 2009). "MySpace Job Is Sweet Revenge for Ex-Facebook Exec". gawker.com. Gawker. Retrieved September 15, 2016. ... his 1992 graduation from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a BA in English and American literature and his 1998 arrival at Amazon.
  2. ^ Who's Who in America. 64th edition, 2010
  3. ^ "The SeeMe.com Blog » Come see us ! XoXo <3". Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2016. [unreliable source?]
  4. ^ "OVN Capital Investor Profile: Portfolio & Exits | PitchBook". pitchbook.com. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  5. ^ EquityNet. "BOKU". EquityNet. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Shaw, Lucas (November 17, 2011). "Zynga executive Owen Van Natta resigns". Reuters. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  7. ^ Arrington, Michael (April 23, 2009). "Hiring Of New MySpace CEO Settles Many Old Scores". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  8. ^ "Prefix Capital". Prefix Capital. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "Docusign co-founder raises $8.6M for new business intelligence startup MetaBrite". Geek Wire. February 11, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  10. ^ "Exploratorium Board Bios" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Case Info". webapps.sftc.org. Retrieved November 24, 2020.