Joe Lonsdale

Overview

Lonsdale is a General Partner at 8VC [1], a position held since 2015 [2]. Lonsdale founded Palantir Technologies in 2004 [4] and has served as Founder and Chairman of Addepar since 2009 [3]. Earlier in their career, Lonsdale was a Principal at Clarium Capital from 2003 to 2009 [9] and founded Formation 8 in 2011, serving as Founder and Partner until 2015 [7]. Lonsdale has held board positions at The Seasteading Institute from 2008 to 2011 [8], Strive for College from 2009 to 2016 [6], and ONEHope Wine from 2008 to 2022 [5]. Lonsdale earned a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University between 2000 and 2003 [10].

Career history

1. General Partner2015 to present8VC
2. Founder and ChairmanSep 2009 to presentAddepar
3. FounderJun 2004 to presentPalantir Technologies
4. OWChairman of the BoardOct 2008 to 2022ONEHope Wine
5. SFBoard MemberJun 2009 to Sep 2016Strive for College
6. F8Founder and PartnerAug 2011 to Dec 2015Formation 8
7. TSBoard MemberApr 2008 to Jan 2011The Seasteading Institute
8. CCPrincipalJun 2003 to Jan 2009Clarium Capital

Education

1. BS, Computer ScienceSep 2000 - Jun 2003Stanford University