Past Speaker

Joe Lonsdale

Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC

Joe Lonsdale is the founder and managing partner of 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm with more than $6 billion under management. In 2003 he co-founded Palantir Technologies, now a publicly traded global data analytics company serving U.S. defense and intelligence communities. He has since founded more than a dozen companies, including Addepar and OpenGov. A committed philanthropist, Lonsdale co-founded the Cicero Institute, which has passed more than 175 bills across 30 states, and serves as founding chairman of the University of Austin. He and his wife Tayler live in Austin, Texas, with their six children.