Joseph Todd "Joe" Lonsdale V (September 12, 1982) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is a founding partner at 8VC, a technology investment fund. Most recently, Lonsdale was a founding partner at Formation 8, one of the top performing private funds and the precursor fund to 8VC. Together these funds manage over $2.7 billion. He was an early institutional investor in many notable companies including Wish, Oculus, Illumio, Virgin Hyperloop One, RelateIQ, ZenReach, Color Genomics, and uBiome. Lonsdale also co-founded and serves as chairman of Addepar, a wealth management technology company, and OpenGov, a technology platform that helps manage data intelligence and budget processes of governments. In 2004, Lonsdale co-founded Palantir Technologies, a company focused on analyzing, integrating, and visualizing data especially in defense and finance. In 2018 Joe placed #22 on the Midas List, which makes him the top ranked venture investor in the world under 40 years old.
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