Simon Lu

Operator and investor

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Simon Lu is a seasoned operator and investor currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a background including roles such as Chief Operating Officer at Y Combinator and Director at Twitter, he brings extensive experience in managing and investing in companies across various sectors and stages of development. His educational achievements include an MBA from The Wharton School and a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

Work Experience

Y Combinator

Chief Operating Officer, YC Continuity
2021 - 2023
Principal, YC Continuity
2015 - 2021
Venture and growth stage investments

Twitter

Director
2013 - 2015
Developer platform and corporate development
Manager
2010 - 2013
Business development and corporate strategy

X is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read microblogs.

Raised $12,869,191,511.00 from Greenlight Capital, Binance, Litani Ventures, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Holding, The Lawrence J. Ellison Revocable Trust, Fidelity, Alwaleed Bin Talal, Sequoia Capital and Vy Capital.

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