Steve Jurvetson

Steve Jurvetson
Jurvetson in 2021
Born
Stephen T. Jurvetson

(1967-03-01) March 1, 1967 (age 57)
Arizona, U.S.
Alma materStanford University (BS, MS, MBA)
Occupation(s)Founder and managing director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Co-founder, Future Ventures[1]
Spouse
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    (m. 1990; div. 2018)​
    Genevieve Jurvetson
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    (m. 2018)​
Children3

Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist.[2] Formerly a partner of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), he was an early investor in Hotmail, Memphis Meats, Mythic and Nervana Systems.[3] He is currently a board member of SpaceX among others. He later co-founded the firm Future Ventures with Maryanna Saenko, who worked with him at DFJ.[4][5]

Jurvetson was named to Forbes' "Midas List" of Tech's Top Investors in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016.[12]

He was a board member of Synthetic Genomics, Planet Labs, Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel),[13] Flux, D-Wave, SpaceX,[4][14] and Tesla.[15] Jurvetson was a member of the Tesla board of directors from 2006 to December 2020.[16][17][18]

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  2. ^ Winkler, Rolfe (15 February 2019). "Investor Steve Jurvetson Works to Move On With New Fund". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Future Ventures Launches $200 Million Venture Capital Fund to Back the Entrepreneurs Who Forge the Future". Business Wire. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b Bort, Julie (2012-09-14). "Here's Why Investor Steve Jurvetson Saved Elon Musk's Space Dreams". Business Insider.
  5. ^ Fehrenbacher, Katie. "Tesla investor Steve Jurvetson drives off in the first Model S". Gigaom.
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  7. ^ "#69 Steve Jurvetson". Forbes.
  8. ^ "The Midas List: Tech's Top Investors 2013". Forbes. 5 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Stephen Jurvetson on Forbes Lists #59 The Midas List (2014)". Forbes. 29 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Stephen Jurvetson on Forbes Lists #97 The Midas List (2016)". Forbes. 11 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Seat Of Power: Tesla And SpaceX Investor Steve Jurvetson". Forbes. 23 March 2016.
  12. ^ [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
  13. ^ "Intel acquires deep learning startup Nervana for more than $350 million". August 9, 2016.
  14. ^ DraperTV (28 January 2015). "SpaceX and Why they are Daring to Think Big - Investor Steve Jurvetson". Archived from the original on 2021-12-12 – via YouTube.
  15. ^ Lindsey, Clark (2012-09-11). "Steve Jurvetson visits the SpaceX Grasshopper". NewSpace Watch. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  16. ^ Kokalitcheva, Kia (19 April 2019). "Steve Jurvetson among Tesla board members to step down". Axios. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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  18. ^ Tesla Investor Relations; not listed on Board Members as of February 2021.