Joe Lonsdale
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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| 2024 | OpenGov was acquired by Cox Enterprises, after Lonsdale had served as chairman of the board. |
| 2024 | Joined a group of venture capitalists and tech executives in supporting Elon Musk's America PAC, a super PAC backing Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Personally contributed $1 million and served as a major fundraiser for the committee. |
| 2023 | Co-founded the University of Austin with Bari Weiss and others, positioning the institution as a platform for free thought and discussion, in response to what he perceived as ideological constraints in traditional academic institutions. |
| 2022 | Dropped off the Forbes 'Midas List'. |
| 2021 | Included in Forbes' 'Midas List'. |
| November 2020 | Announced the relocation of his family, 8VC venture capital firm, and the Cicero Institute from the Bay Area to Austin, Texas, citing concerns about California's policies, public safety, and political climate. |
| 2016 | Founded the Cicero Institute, a conservative think tank, which he runs with his wife Tayler. The institute has been pushing for legislation to criminalize homelessness and change housing policies. |
| 2016 | Featured in Forbes' 'Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40' list. |
| September 2016 | Joe Lonsdale married Tayler Cox, who had previously edited the Stanford Review and worked at Palantir. |
| 2015 | Co-founds 8VC, another venture capital firm, where he serves as managing partner. |
| November 2015 | Clougherty drops her lawsuit against Lonsdale, and Lonsdale drops his countersuit for defamation. Stanford subsequently lifts its campus ban. |
| November 2015 | Formation 8 shut down due to interpersonal conflicts and differences in investment styles between founders. |
| January 2015 | Elise Clougherty files a lawsuit against Joe Lonsdale alleging sexual assault. |
| December 2014 | Raised a second fund of $500 million for Formation 8. |
| 2013 | Became chairman of Addepar and left his role as CEO. |
| June 2013 | Stanford finds Lonsdale in violation of mentorship rules and bans him from mentoring undergraduates for ten years. |
| May 2013 | Elise Clougherty reports sexual assault and harassment allegations against Joe Lonsdale to Stanford University. |
| 2012 | Joe Lonsdale begins a consensual relationship with Elise Clougherty while he was her mentor in a technology entrepreneurship class at Stanford University. |
| 2012 | Co-founded OpenGov with Zachary Bookman, a company offering cloud-based software for government budgeting. |
| 2012 | Included in Forbes' '30 Under 30' list. |
| 2011 | Co-founds the venture capital firm Formation 8. |
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