LN
Luke Nosek
Managing Partner at The Founders Fund
LN
Luke Nosek
Managing Partner at The Founders Fund
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
2017 - Current
Managing Partner
2006
Predict market and technology trends, evaluate companies, make investments, help portfolio companies.
Co-founder, VP, Bus Dev, Marketing, Strategy
1998 - 2002
VP Bus Dev Introduced Max Levchin to founding CEO Peter Thiel. Found lead investors for Series A (Peter Thiel), Series B (Nokia Ventures), and Series C (Idealab Capital). VP, Marketing Created P2P payments idea which set PayPal's unique positioning. Acquired 1 million customers in 3 months, achieving market dominant internet payment service VP, Strategy Created and marketed a payment product, "Instant Transfer" that drove the company to profitability. (contributed a majority of the company's profits)
Evangelism
1997 - 1998
Education
BS
1992 - 1996