Joe Lonsdale

Joseph Todd "Joe" Lonsdale (September 12, 1982) is an American entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. Lonsdale is a founding partner at Formation 8 Partners, a Silicon Valley technology investment fund that operates mostly in the United States and Asia. Lonsdale also co-founded and serves as Chairman of Addepar, a private wealth management technology company. In 2004, Lonsdale co-founded Palantir Technologies, a private company focused on analyzing, integrating and visualizing data especially in defense and finance.

Early life and Education

Lonsdale grew up in Fremont, California and attended Mission San Jose High School. He was a two-time scholastic chess champion. He was raised in his mother's Jewish faith (his father is of Irish Catholic descent).

Lonsdale graduated from Stanford University in 2003 with a degree in Computer Science. He also studied financial markets and macro-economics, and served as Editor-in-Chief of The Stanford Review, the university’s conservative/libertarian newspaper. Lonsdale is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.