Joe Lonsdale

Joe is a lifelong entrepreneur and investor. In 2003, he co-founded Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR), a global software company known for its work in defense and other industries. After Palantir, he founded and remains as Chairman of both Addepar, which has over $3.5 trillion managed on its wealth management technology platform, and OpenGov, which provides software for over 3,000 municipalities and state agencies. More recently, he co-founded other mission-driven technology companies including Resilience Bio, Lonsdale Investment Technologies, Affinity, Anduin and Esper.

Joe was an early institutional investor in notable companies including Oculus (acq.FB), Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Oscar (NYSE: OSCR), Illumio, Anduril, Wish (NASDAQ: WISH), Cityblock, Blend (NASDAQ: BLND), Flexport, Joby Aviation (NASDAQ: JOBY), Orca Bio, Yugabyte, Qualia, Synthego, JoyTunes, and many others. Joe has been on the Forbes 100 Midas List since 2016 and was the youngest member included in 2016 and 2017.