Luke Nosek
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1975 –
Who is Luke Nosek?
Luke Nosek is a Polish-born American entrepreneur.
Nosek received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In the summer of 1995, while still in college, he co-founded SponsorNet New Media, Inc., along with fellow UIUC students Max Levchin and Scott Banister. Nosek then worked for Netscape Communications Corporation.
In 1998, with Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Ken Howery, Nosek co-founded PayPal, serving as its vice president of marketing. After PayPal went public and was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002, Nosek left PayPal to travel and pursue angel investing.
In 2005, together with Peter Thiel and Ken Howery, Nosek started Founders Fund, a San Francisco based venture capital firm with over $1b under management.
Luke Nosek currently sits on the boards of SpaceX, Pathway Genomics, and ResearchGate.
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- Born
- 1975
Zgłobice - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Bachelor of Science
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on July 23, 2013
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