Steve Jurvetson Biography

Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American businessman and venture capitalist. He is a cofounder and former partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Current board seats include Synthetic Genomics, Planet Labs, Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel), Flux, D-Wave, SpaceX, and Tesla. He was a venture capitalist investor in Hotmail. He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired by Ariba and Ciena, respectively). Jurvetson was the world's first Tesla Model S owner, the second Tesla Model X owner (VIN 2, following Elon Musk), and the fifth Tesla Model 3 owner (VIN 5).