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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

  1. 2000 · age 18
    Stanford

    Edits The Stanford Review, the paper Thiel founded.

  2. 2002 · age 20
    PayPal internship

    Works at the company while still a student.

  3. 2003 · age 21
    Clarium Capital

    Joins Thiel's macro hedge fund after graduating.

  4. 2004 · age 21
    Co-founds Palantir

    With Thiel, Karp, Stephen Cohen, and Nathan Gettings.

  5. 2009 · age 27
    Leaves Palantir, founds Addepar

    A wealth-management software company.

  6. 2011 · age 29
    Venture capital

    Co-founds Formation 8, later 8VC.

  7. 2021 · age 39
    Co-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.