Steve Jurvetson

Steve Jurvetson
Jurvetson in 2021
Born
Stephen T. Jurvetson

(1967-03-01) March 1, 1967
Arizona, U.S.
Alma materStanford University (BS, MS, MBA)
Occupation(s)Founder and managing director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Co-founder, Future Ventures
Spouse
  • (m. 1990; div. 2018)
    Genevieve Jurvetson
    (m. 2018)
Children5

Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist. Formerly a partner of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), he was an early investor in Hotmail, Memphis Meats, Mythic and Nervana Systems. He is currently a board member of SpaceX among others. He later co-founded the firm Future Ventures with Maryanna Saenko, who worked with him at DFJ.

Jurvetson was named to Forbes' "Midas List" of Tech's Top Investors in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016.

He was a board member of Synthetic Genomics, Planet Labs, Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel), Flux, D-Wave, SpaceX, and Tesla. Jurvetson was a member of the Tesla board of directors from 2006 to December 2020.