Luke Nosek
Founder at The Founders Fund Management LLC
Profile
Luke Nosek is the founder who has founded three companies, PayPal, Inc. in 1998, The Founders Fund Management LLC in 2006, and Gigafund Management Co. LLC in 2017.
At PayPal, Inc., he held the title of Vice President from 1998 to 2002.
Currently, he holds two director positions at Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
and ResearchGate Corp.
respectively.
He has also held former positions as a Board Member at MyHeritage (USA) Inc. and as Co-President at Halcyon Molecular, Inc. from 2009 to 2012.
Mr. Nosek received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in 1996.
Luke Nosek active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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The Founders Fund Management LLC
The Founders Fund Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance The Founders Fund Management LLC (The Founders Fund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Andreas Thiel, Ken Howery and Luke Nosek. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Founder | 2006-03-31 |
ResearchGate Corp.
ResearchGate Corp. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services ResearchGate Corp. operates a social network for scientists and researchers to collaborate, share and network. The company was founded by Ijad Madisch and Sören Hofmayer and Horst Fickenscher in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Space Exploration Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecrafts. It develops the partially reusable launch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9. The company was founded by Elon Reeve Musk in 2002 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Gigafund Management Co. LLC
Gigafund Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gigafund Management Co. LLC (Gigafund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Stephen Oskoui and Luke Nosek. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | Founder | 2017-06-30 |
Former positions of Luke Nosek
Companies | Position | End |
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PayPal, Inc.
PayPal, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Founder | 2002-01-31 |
Halcyon Molecular, Inc.
Halcyon Molecular, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Halcyon Molecular Inc. a genetics company that develops technology for deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing. The company was founded by William Andregg and Michael Andregg in 2008 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | President | - |
MyHeritage (USA) Inc.
MyHeritage (USA) Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services MyHeritage (USA) Inc. engages in the operation of genealogy and social networking website. It manages an online community of casual and expert genealogists working together to create a single world family tree. The company was founded by George Ishii in 2006 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Luke Nosek
University of Illinois | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 7 |
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PayPal, Inc.
PayPal, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Finance |
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Space Exploration Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecrafts. It develops the partially reusable launch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9. The company was founded by Elon Reeve Musk in 2002 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA. | Electronic Technology |
MyHeritage (USA) Inc.
MyHeritage (USA) Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services MyHeritage (USA) Inc. engages in the operation of genealogy and social networking website. It manages an online community of casual and expert genealogists working together to create a single world family tree. The company was founded by George Ishii in 2006 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT. | Technology Services |
The Founders Fund Management LLC
The Founders Fund Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance The Founders Fund Management LLC (The Founders Fund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Andreas Thiel, Ken Howery and Luke Nosek. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Halcyon Molecular, Inc.
Halcyon Molecular, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Halcyon Molecular Inc. a genetics company that develops technology for deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing. The company was founded by William Andregg and Michael Andregg in 2008 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Commercial Services |
ResearchGate Corp.
ResearchGate Corp. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services ResearchGate Corp. operates a social network for scientists and researchers to collaborate, share and network. The company was founded by Ijad Madisch and Sören Hofmayer and Horst Fickenscher in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Gigafund Management Co. LLC
Gigafund Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gigafund Management Co. LLC (Gigafund Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Stephen Oskoui and Luke Nosek. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | Finance |
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