10600 Preston Rd, Dallas, TX 75230, USA
Jurvetson graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1985.
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Steve Jurvetson received Bachelor of Science and later Master of Science in electrical engineering as well as Master of Business Administration, all from Stanford University.
2004
American president Bill Clinton and an entrepreneur Steve Jurvetson.
2009
Steve Jurvetson meeting Barack Obama in 2009.
2012
California, United States
Steve Jurvetson (with JB Straubel) taking delivery of the first production Tesla Model S at Tesla Motors HQ in California.
2017
San Francisco, California, United States
DFJ Partner Steve Jurvetson speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 at Pier 48.
NWA 5000 and Steve Jurvetson.
Photo of Steve Jurvetson by Oscar Urizar, Red Eye Collection, for VCJ.
Photo of Steve Jurvetson by Oscar Urizar, Red Eye Collection, for VCJ.
Steve Jurvetson (left) and Ken Bowersox (right).
2004
American president Bill Clinton and an entrepreneur Steve Jurvetson.
2009
Steve Jurvetson meeting Barack Obama in 2009.
2012
California, United States
Steve Jurvetson (with JB Straubel) taking delivery of the first production Tesla Model S at Tesla Motors HQ in California.
2017
San Francisco, California, United States
DFJ Partner Steve Jurvetson speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 at Pier 48.
2019
Steve Jurvetson with Genevieve Jurvetson.
10600 Preston Rd, Dallas, TX 75230, USA
Jurvetson graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1985.
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Steve Jurvetson received Bachelor of Science and later Master of Science in electrical engineering as well as Master of Business Administration, all from Stanford University.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali with Steve Jurvetson.
NWA 5000 and Steve Jurvetson.
Photo of Steve Jurvetson by Oscar Urizar, Red Eye Collection, for VCJ.
Photo of Steve Jurvetson by Oscar Urizar, Red Eye Collection, for VCJ.
Queen Noor of Jordan with Steve Jurvetson after the 2006 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and Germany.
Steve Jurvetson (left) and Ken Bowersox (right).
Steve Jurvetson at i4j.
Steve Jurvetson with Tim Ferriss.
Steve Jurvetson, Mahzarin Banaji and Lloyd Blankfein.
Jurvetson was born in Arizona, United States, on March 1, 1967. His father Tõnu Jürvetson was an Estonian immigrant who fled to the United States through Germany just before Soviet re-occupation in 1944. Jurvetson's father was married to another immigrant from Estonia, Tiiu Tia Jürvetson. Even though within the family, the Estonian language was actively used, Steve Jurvetson never learned it, so his parents used it as a secret language between themselves.
Jurvetson graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1985. He finished his degree in electrical engineering at Stanford University in 2.5 years and graduated No. 1 in his class. Jurvetson then received a Master of Science in electrical engineering and Master of Business Administration, also from Stanford University.
Steve Jurvetson's first job out of Stanford was working as an R&D engineer at Hewlett-Packard (HP). After two years, he moved on as a consultant at Bain & Company, and then a product marketer at Apple and NeXT Software. From February 1996 till December 1997 he was a Board Member at Hotmail.
Jurvetson first joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) after his second year of business school. In 1995 he became an official partner and managing director after proving his talent on several investments.
He was a board member of NeoPhotonics (1996-2011), Synthetic Genomics (2005-2017), D-Wave Systems Inc. (2003-present), SpaceX (2009-present), and Tesla Motors (2006-present). He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired by Ariba and Ciena, respectively). In 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Steve Jurvetson as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship.
On November 13, 2017, Jurvetson left DFJ Venture Capital as well as SpaceX and Tesla following an internal DFJ investigation into rumours of sexual harassment. The findings of this investigation were not made public. However, anonymous sources alleged that the investigation "uncovered behaviours by Jurvetson that were unacceptable related to a negative tone toward women entrepreneurs." Steve Jurvetson claimed that his stepping down from his role was not connected with the allegations. He tweeted, "I am leaving DFJ to focus on personal matters."
Jurvetson became a co-founder and managing director of a new venture fund, Future Ventures, in November 2018. The inaugural $200M venture capital fund focuses on environmentally sustainable transportation, food technology and high power computer systems.
Steve Jurvetson is one of the most successful businessmen and venture investors of today. He was named to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology TR35 (Innovators Under 35) in 1999 for "recognize young entrepreneurs who can deliver", including making the first investment in Hotmail.
Deloitte named Jurvetson "Venture Capitalist of the Year" in 2012. Steve Jurvetson was named to Forbes' "Midas List" of Tech's Top Investors in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016.
Jurvetson was the world's first Tesla Model South owner and the second Tesla Model X owner (VIN 2), following Elon Musk. Besides, Steve Jurvetson was the first non-European to become an e-resident of Estonia.
Steve Jurvetson believes that technology has the potential to change the fate of nations, industries and companies, as well as the context of our lives.
Quotations:
"Elon Musk is an incredibly prolific entrepreneur, having come up with, or been at the founding team of Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity, PayPal, all different industries that seem to have nothing to do with each other."
"While, in general, life satisfaction goes up with wealth, beyond the safety net more and more wealth brings very radically diminishing returns on life satisfaction."
"Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and cheery has on what people think the good life is."
"The closer you are to technology, the more you trust it."
"I don't want to be a driving machine on my daily commute; I want to be driven by a machine."
"There are many good ideas out there that never get an audience."
Going to the moon is one of Steve Jurvetson's biggest dreams. Among the people who inspire him are Steve Jobs and Elon Musk.
Jurvetson married Karla Jurvetson in 1997. The couple gave birth to two children. They separated in 2015 and Karla filed for divorce in 2016. In 2019, Steve Jurvetson married Genevieve Jurvetson.
Karla Tinklenberg Jurvetson is an American physician, philanthropist, and political organizer who lives in Silicon Valley.
Genevieve Jurvetson is a Co-Founder of Fetcher.
