Steve Jurvetson
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Jurvetson in 2014
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Stephen T. Jurvetson March 1, 1967 Arizona, U.S |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) |
| Spouse(s) | Karla Jurvetson (1997-2015) |
| Parent(s) | Tõnu Jürvetson(father) |
| Website | Profile at Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
Stephen T. "Steve" Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American businessman and venture capitalist. He is currently a partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). He was a venture capitalist investor in Hotmail. He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired by Ariba and Ciena, respectively). Current board seats include SpaceX,Synthetic Genomics, Planet Labs, Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel), Flux, D-Wave, and Tesla Motors. Jurvetson was the world's first Tesla Model S owner and the second Tesla Model X owner (VIN 2), following Elon Musk.
Jurvetson's father Tõnu Jürvetson fled Estonia through Germany just before Soviet re-occupation in 1944. Tõnu was married to another Estonian immigrant, Tiiu Tia Jurvetson. Even though within family Estonian language was used, Steve never learned it and his parents used it as a secret language between themselves. Steve Jurvetson was the first non-European to become an e-resident of Estonia.
Jurvetson graduated from Dallas's St. Mark's School of Texas in 1985. At Stanford University, Jurvetson finished his degree in electrical engineering in 2.5 years and graduated No. 1 in his class. He then earned an M.S. in electrical engineering and an M.B.A., also from Stanford. His first job out of Stanford was an R&D engineer at Hewlett-Packard. After two years at HP, he moved on as a product marketer at Apple and then NeXT Software. As a consultant with Bain & Company, Jurvetson developed executive marketing, sales, engineering and business strategies for a wide range of companies in the software, networking, and semiconductor industries. He first joined DFJ after his second year of business school, and became a partner after proving his talent on several investments.
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