Steve Jurvetson

Steve Jurvetson

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name = Steve Jurvetson


caption = Steve Jurvetson on October 1, 2004
birth_date = 1967
birth_place = Arizona, United States
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occupation = Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
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website = [http://www.dfj.com/team/steve_bio.shtml Profile at Draper Fisher Jurvetson]
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Steven T. Jürvetson (born in Arizona, USA, 1967) is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). He was the founding Venture Capitalist (VC) investor in Hotmail,cite web |url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/06/BU7S113BAH.DTL |title= High-tech visionary still looking ahead |author= Deborah Gage, Ann Fernholm, Chronicle Staff Writers |work= San Francisco Chronicle |date= June 6 2008 |quote= Venture capitalists look for startups like Hotmail because these companies are disruptive - they blow up existing markets and create big new money-making opportunities. Fast-forward a decade and Jurvetson is making dramatically different bets. He's funding startups in electronics, nanotechnology, clean technology and life sciences that borrow techniques from biology to obtain more precise control over matter. |accessdate=2008-06-06 ] Interwoven, and Kana. He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired by Ariba and Ciena, respectively) and, more recently, in Skype (acquired by eBay in September 2005).

Jurvetson graduated from Dallas' St. Mark's School of Texas in 1985. At Stanford University, Jurvetson finished his degree in electrical engineering in 2.5 years and graduated #1 in his class. He then earned an M.S. in electrical engineering and an M.B.A., also from Stanford.

Jürvetson is a son of ethnic Estonian refugees, who fled the Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II.

References

[http://www.dfj.com/team/steve_bio.shtml DFJ:Steve Jurvetson Bio]

External links

* [http://jurvetson.blogspot.com/ Jurvetson's blog "The J Curve"]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/ Photoblog on Flickr]
* [http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=20 Speaking at Stanford University]
* [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/steve_jurvetson_on_model_rocketry.html]


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