People

Joe Lonsdale

Joe Lonsdale

Formal First Name
Joe
Dates
9/12/1982 - present
Location

Joe Lonsdale is a renowned founder of several mission-driven companies and an early institutional investor in various notable startups. He is passionate about fixing big industries, particularly healthcare, finance, and government. Earlier in his career, Lonsdale worked at PayPal while he was still a student at Stanford. He subsequently joined Clarium Capital as an early executive and was a key player in growing it into a large global macro hedge fund. Lonsdale often lectures and writes on entrepreneurship, technology, and public policy.

Professional Experience


Academic History

NOTABLE INVESTMENTS

  • Wish
  • Oculus
  • Oscar
  • Illumio
  • Blend
  • Orca Bio
  • RelateIQ
  • Joby Aviation
  • Synthego
  • Guardant Health


CURRENT APPOINTMENTS


PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS


AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

  • Lonsdale has been on the Forbes 100 Midas List since 2016 and was the youngest member included in 2016 and 2017.


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PHILANTHROPY

  • Lonsdale is active in various philanthropic and mission-driven pursuits involving public policy and liberty, classical arts, and healthcare innovation. 
  • He is focused on harnessing the power of markets to create more opportunities for all parts of society. 
  • He founded the Cicero Institute to champion market-inspired solutions to some of the toughest problems in criminal justice, housing, healthcare, and other domestic policy areas.