Joe Lonsdale
Co-founded Palantir at 21 through the Stanford Review and PayPal network around Thiel.
- Born
- 1982 · Fremont, California, US
- Roots
- Irish Catholic father; raised Jewish by his mother
- Family
- Middle class
- Middle-class household in Fremont, California; grew up with two brothers.
- Education
- Stanford University (computer science)
- Started with
- A student paper
- Editing The Stanford Review led to the PayPal internship and the network around Peter Thiel.
- Affiliations & societies
- None documented.
- Information only — claims like these are often unverifiable and may be wrong.
The pathway
- 2000 · age 18Stanford
Edits The Stanford Review, the paper Thiel founded.
- 2002 · age 20PayPal internship
Works at the company while still a student.
- 2003 · age 21Clarium Capital
Joins Thiel's macro hedge fund after graduating.
- 2004 · age 21Co-founds Palantir
With Thiel, Karp, Stephen Cohen, and Nathan Gettings.
- 2009 · age 27Leaves Palantir, founds Addepar
A wealth-management software company.
- 2011 · age 29Venture capital
Co-founds Formation 8, later 8VC.
- 2021 · age 39Co-founds University of Austin
A private university startup.
Sources
Compiled from these references and contemporaneous press reporting. Figures are approximate; verify before relying on them.