About
Founding partner of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He invested in companies including Baidu, Hotmail, Skype, SpaceX, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring, Twitter, DocuSign, Coinbase, Robinhood, Ancestry.com, Twitch, Cruise Automation, PrettyLitter and Focus Media.
Before Fame
He graduated Stanford University with a BS in electrical engineering. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Trivia
In the year 2014, he bought 29,656 bitcoins confiscated by U.S. Marshals from the Silk Road black market website. He was a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies. He has made hundreds of VC investments in companies including Tesla.
Family Life
He married Melissa Draper. His children are Jesse Draper, Adam Draper, Eleanor Draper, and Billy Draper.
Associated With
He was one of the first investors in Theranos, founded by Elizabeth Holmes who was convicted of fraud and jailed for her role in the company.
