Steve Jurvetson
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 Steve Jurvetson in 2004 |
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| Born | March 1, 1967 Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) |
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Steven T. "Steve" Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). He was a Venture Capitalist (VC) investor in Hotmail,[1] Interwoven, and Kana. He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired by Ariba and Ciena, respectively).
Current Board seats include NeoPhotonics, SpaceX, Synthetic Genomics, Tesla Motors and Wowd.
Jurvetson graduated from Dallas' St. Mark's School of Texas in 1985. At Stanford University, Jurvetson finished his degree in electrical engineering in 2.5 years[1] and graduated #1 in his class. He then earned an M.S. in electrical engineering and an M.B.A., also from Stanford. As a consultant with Bain & Company, Jurvetson developed executive marketing, sales, engineering and business strategies for a wide range of companies in the software, networking, and semiconductor industries and worked together with Meg Whitman and Mitt Romney.
Jürvetson is a son of ethnic Estonian refugees, who fled the Soviet invasion of Estonia during World War II. He is a relative of president Konstantin Päts, a president of independent Estonia in 1930-s.[citation needed]
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- ^ a b Deborah Gage, Ann Fernholm, Chronicle Staff Writers (June 6, 2008). "High-tech visionary still looking ahead". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/06/BU7S113BAH.DTL. Retrieved 2008-06-06. "Venture capitalists look for startups like Hotmail because these companies are disruptive - they blow up existing markets and create big new money-making opportunities. Fast-forward a decade and Jurvetson is making dramatically different bets. He's funding startups in electronics, nanotechnology, clean technology and life sciences that borrow techniques from biology to obtain more precise control over matter."
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- Jurvetson's blog "The J Curve"
- Photoblog on Flickr
- Speaking at Stanford University
- TED Talks: Steve Jurvetson on model rocketry at TED in 2007
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