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Note: In particular for companies where 1. Thiel or Lonsdale is only an investor and not a founder/cofounder and 2. the person is a lower-level employee and not an investor/executive/cofounder, one should not necessarily assume that there is a direct Review connection, especially Facebook, which is a fairly common place for Stanford students and alumni to intern or work at. Also, a network does not always mean direct recruitment through the network (though it certainly can), but it can mean, for example, setting a pattern of behavior that is passed on to successive generations.
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Second note: if multiple Review members are partners are at the same venture capital firm (ex. Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, Bruce Gibney at Founders Fund) and therefore technically every investment of that firm involves multiple high-level Review alums, there will need to be an additional Review alum involved to be included in this sheet
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As of fall 2017:
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Positions listed on this sheet are the highest position reached at each institution
F-L: companies and venture firms founded or cofounded by Peter Thiel
N-Q: some of the institutions Peter Thiel has been affiliated with/donated to substantially/created
S-Y are companies and venture firms that Joe Lonsdale as founded/cofounded (he also cofounded Palantir)
AA-BS: institutions where there are at least two Review alumni at the executive or investor level
Misc:
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NameGraduation YearPosition on ReviewEIC?Major of EICThiel Capital ManagementPayPalClarium Capital Management (inc Thiel Macro)PalantirFounders Fund (FF)Valar VenturesMithril CapitalThe Independent InstituteOpenAI
Seasteading Institute
Thiel Foundation (inc Thiel Fellowship, Breakout Labs, Imitatio)AddeparAnduin VenturesFormation 8 (F8)BackplaneOpenGov8VCShogunFacebookCaplinkedWorld Ahead MediaYammerOculus RiftSpaceXBuildzoomBlendOpenDoorAmerican ThunderZenefitsVicariousLyftAirbnbSlideSourcegraphGeniRadiusGlowCastle GlobalZenreachMode AnalyticsNeighborlyAsanaMedalAffirmFlexportNodePrime
Room 9 Entertainment
Roam AnalyticsLunar WirelessArgiveIndioLinkedInYelpSquareQadiumTokboxEventbriteArtivestDelectableYoutubeSquareKhosla VenturesONEHOPE
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Peter Thiel1989Cofounder, EICYesPhilosophyFounder, head of firmCofounder, CEOFounder, PresidentCofounder, ChairmanCofounder, PartnerCofounderCofounder, Chairman
Fellow; publisher for "The Diversity Myth"
DonorFounding DonorCreatorInvestorInvestor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor through (personal+FF), Board Member
Investor (personal and through FF)
Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)
Investor (personal and through FF)
Helped Rabois develop conceptInvestor
Board Member, Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF), board member
Investor (personal+through FF)
Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF), Board Member
Investor (personal and through FF)
Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)InvestorFounded by Thiel FellowsInvestorInvestorInvestorInvestor
Chairman of Review Board of Directors, 2002-2003
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Norman Book1991Cofounder, Managing EditorSenior Systems ManagerCofounder
President of Review Board of Directors, 2002-2003. On the Review board currently
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David Wallace1991EICYesCommunication
Director: Customer Service, Tech Systems, Sys Auditor
President of Review Board of Directors, 2008-2012
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Keith Rabois1991Opinion Editor
Exec VP: Business Development, Public Affairs and Policy
Entrepreneur-in-ResidenceInvestorInvestor
Cofounder, investor (through Khosla Ventures)
Cofounder
Investor (through Khosla)
InvestorInvestorInvestorInvestor
Investor, VP of Business Development
InvestorCOOInvestorInvestorInvestorCOOPartner
President of Review Board of Directors, 2004-2007.
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Nathan Linn1993EICYesPolitical ScienceLegalVice President of FinanceChief Financial Officer
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Gideon Yu1993Business Manager
Senior Advisor, founding member
Advisor to investor F8Advisor to investor F8CFOAdvisor to investor F8Investor, Board MemberAdvisor to investor F8Advisor to investor F8InvestorAdvisor to investor F8Advisor to investor F8Advisor to investor F8Advisor to investor F8Advisor to investor F8
Advisor to investor F8
Advisor to investor F8Advisor to investor F8InvestorCFO
Board Member, Investor
Partner
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David Sacks1994EICYesEconomicsChief Operating OfficerInvestorPublisher for "The Diversity Myth"Investor, Board MemberInvestorInvestorCofounder, former CEOInvestorInvestorCEOInvestorFounderInvestorCEOInvestorInvestorInvestor
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Christopher Grey1994Executive OfficerCofounder, COO
Told Chris Yeh about Caplinked; they were dormmates at Stanford. As an undergrad, fundraised for the Review using the org "The Winds of Freedom"
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Chris Yeh1994News EditorInvestor
Told by Christopher Grey about Caplinked
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Adam Ross1995EICYes
Economics, Political Science
Independent Director (on board)
Investor (through Goldcrest)
Investor (through Goldcrest), Advisor
Investor (through Goldcrest)
Investor (through Goldcrest)
Investor (through Goldcrest)
Investor (through Goldcrest)
Investor
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Aman Verjee1996EICYesEconomics, Public PolicyVP- Financial Planning and AnalysisVP- Private Equity VenturesInvestor (through 500 Startups)
Published books "Thank You, President Bush"; "Man of Destiny"
Cofounder
Investor (through 500 Startups)
Chairman of Review Board of Directors since 2004. Joined 500 Startups in March 2017
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Alec Rawls
grad student: late 90s, 00s
Opinions Editor
Published book "Crescent of Betrayal"; contributor to "Thank You, President Bush"
Treasurer of Review Board of Directors from 2004 through at least 2012; has at least been a member of the board since then
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Lucas Mast1996"The rest of the gang"Business Development AnalystCofounder
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Jeff Giesea1997EICYesPolitical Science, Sociology
Operations Manager, Assistant to Peter Thiel
Director
Organizer for Deploraball, which Thiel attended
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Ken Howery1998Managing EditorTeam MemberCofounder, CFOVP- Private EquityCofounder, PartnerInvestor (through FF)
Did guidance on Thiel's investment, Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)
At Stanford, roommates with Bruce Gibney. Advisor to Premal Shah's Kiva
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Eric Jackson1998EICYesEconomicsSenior Director, US MarketingCofounder, CEOCofounder, CEO, published book: "The PayPal Wars"
As an undergrad, was a research assistant to Thiel and Sacks for The Diversity Myth. Secretary of Review Board of Directors from (at least) 1997-2002; Treasurer 2002-2003.
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Bruce Gibney1998EICYesEngineeringVery early investorGeneral Counsel and Managing DirectorInvestorPartnerInvestor (through FF)Did guidance on Thiel's investmentInvestor (through FF)Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF)
Investor (through FF)Investor (through FF)
At Stanford, roommates with Ken Howery. Left Founders Fund in 2012 (Gibney is counted as an investor in companies Founders Fund invested in if the investment occurred in the years he was there)
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Premal Shah1998"The rest of the gang"Principal Product Manager
Founder of Kiva, where Ken Howery is an advisor
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Kevin Harrington
1995+grad student: late 90s
"The rest of the gang"Managing Director
Worked on Trump Transition Team at Commerce Dept. Also: in 1997, interviewed Kellyanne Conway for the Review
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Candice Jackson1998News EditorProvided "legal services"
Published book "Their Lives: The Women Targeted By the Clinton Machine"; contributor to "Thank You, President Bush"
Norman Book was her client in 2007 when she was in the private sector. She works in Trump's Department of Education now.
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Michael Toth2001EICYesHistoryBusiness Development
Thiel donated to his judicial campaign in 2018 (https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/02/over-13-pro-trump-candidates-money-comes-non-texas-donors-including-pe/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=4255157205)
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Bob McGrew2002EICYesComputer ScienceEngineerDirector
Engineer/Researcher
Advisor
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Michael New2002 (PHD)Staff WriterContributor to "Thank You, President Bush"
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Paul Martin
1997-2000, 2003-2004
Business ManagerSenior Product Manager
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Brian Worth2003Business ManagerSoftware EngineerSenior Software Engineer
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Joe Lonsdale2003EICYesComputer ScienceInternPrincipalCofounder, Co-head of ProductBoard Member
Cofounder, Chairman, investor (through 8VC)
Founder, PresidentCofounder, Partner
Cofounder, Investor (through F8)
Cofounder, Investor (through F8), Chairman
Cofounder, Partner
Cofounder, Chairman
Board Member, InvestorInvestor (through F8)Investor (through F8)Investor (through F8, 8VC)InvestorInvestor (through F8)Investor (through F8)Investor (through F8)
Investor (through F8, 8VC), Board Member
Investor (through F8)
Investor (through F8, 8VC)
Investor (through 8VC)InvestorInvestor (through F8)Investor (through F8)Investor (through 8VC)Board ChairmanInvestor (through 8VC)InvestorInvestorInvestor
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Pearl Woon-Tai2003Managing EditorHead of New Business Development
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Stephen Cohen2005EICYesComputer ScienceInternCofounder, External VP and Director
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David Stat2005EICYesHuman BiologyBusiness Development
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Alex Moore2005Opinion Editor
Director of Operations (First Employee)
Angel InvestorCofounderOperating PartnerInvestor (through 8VC)Investor (through 8VC)
Investor (through 8VC)
CofounderInvestor (through 8VC)Investor (through 8VC)
Moore joined 8VC in June 2017
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Omkar Muralidharan2008Managing EditorIntern
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Tristan Abbey2008Editor-at-LargeAssociateSummer Associate
Worked on Trump Transition Team at Department of Energy, then DOE afterwards.
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Diane Raub2008EICYesInternational RelationsPublicity Assistant
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Navin Kadaba2008Business ManagerPersonal Assistant
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John Komkov2008Opinion Editor
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Daniel Slate2009EICYesPhilosophyVarious (engineering)
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Carl Kelm2009EICYesPolitical Science, HistoryProduct Marketing Manager
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Tayler Cox (now Lonsdale)2009Executive Editor
Deployment Strategist/Enterprise Lead
AdvisorBoard Director
Married to Joe Lonsdale '03. Summer Grant Participant at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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Kevin Richards2009Deputy EditorSoftware Engineer
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Matthew Sprague2010Opinion EditorForward Deployed Engineer
Director of Platform
Software Developer at Flexport (investors include Founders Fund, Lonsdale)
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Quinn Slack2011Opinion EditorEngineerCofounder
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Autumn Carter2011EICYesPolitical Science
Government Affairs and Content Marketing
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Alex Katz2012EICYesEconomicsEnterprise Lead
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Natalie Goodis2011Staff WriterInternal Communications Associate
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Rubi Ancajas2012Managing Editor for LayoutOperations Specialist
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Christopher Seewald2012Staff PhotographerDeployment Strategist
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Reagan Thompson2012Staff WriterGlobal Policy
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Jason Lupatkin2013UnclearTrader
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Virginia Hogan2013Staff WriterData Science Intern
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Charlie Janac2013Staff WriterTechnical Program ManagerProduct Manager
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Pooja Shah2013Staff WriterBusiness Development
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Anthony Manero2014Staff WriterSoftware Development Intern
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Alex Atallah2014UnclearForward Deployed Engineer
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Reid Spitz2014No official positionInvestment TeamContent Writer
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Lisa Wallace2014EICYesSymbolic SystemsBusiness DevelopmentIntern
Head of Product Engagement
Review Board Member (2016-present)
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Anthony Ghosn2016EICYesSymbolic SystemsLonsdale Chief of Staff
Lonsdale Chief of Staff
Cofounder/CEO
Board Director
Lonsdale made Ghosn his chief of staff when Ghosn was a junior at Stanford
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Ryan Atallah2016UnclearSoftware Engineering Intern
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Andrew Han2016Business Manager
Special Projects to the CEO
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Devon Zeugel2016EICYesComputer ScienceInternEngineer
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Brandon Camhi2016EICYesEconomicsIntern
Content Marketing Manager
Vice President- Marketing
Review Board Member
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John Luttig2017EICYesComputer ScienceAssociateSummer Associate
Software Development Associate
Review Board Member
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Harry Elliot2018EICYes
Symbolic Systems, Economics
Marketing/Data Science Consultant
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Philip Clark2018EICYes
Management Science and Engineering
Summer Analyst
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Anna Mitchell2018EICYesComputer ScienceIntern
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Antigone Xenopoulos2020Cycle EditorIntern
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Relationships to institution:31413246313222426593313117655554444444444444444433333333222222222222278
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Other notable: Fred Savage '97 (actor, The Wonder Years and The Grinder); Rainer Castillo '07 (Co-founder of Chubbies Shorts)
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People who were not Stanford Review members but who are part of the PayPal Mafia and are recurrent co-investors with Thiel and others: Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, Luke Nosek, Roelof Botha, Dave McClure
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EICs who appear to not be affiliated with the larger Review network through employment:EIC Data as of fall 2017:
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Katherine Hemela1994EICYesPsychology, BiologyNumber of EICs: 58 (so 57 past EICs)
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Daryl Joseffer1992EICYesEconomicsPast EICs who have worked for a Thiel-or-Lonsdale-founded org: 24 (42%)
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Drew Smith1992EICYesEconomics
Past EICs number women: 10 (82% men)
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Lisa Koven (now Nitti)1995EICYesAmerican StudiesPast EICs number white: 50 (88%)
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Richard St. John1994EICYesPolitical SciencePast EICs with a major in Econ/PoliSci/CS/MCS: 65%
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Michael Meyer1996EICYesEconomics
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Bob Schmidt1995EICYesComputer Science
90
Thorvin Anderson1997EICYesEconomics
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Matthew Stone1998EICYesIndustrial Engineering
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Peter Watts1999EICYesPolitical Science, Sociology
93
Rohan Masilamani2000EICYes
Mathematical and Computational Science
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Johnny Openshaw2002EICYesBiology, PoliSci
95
Brooke Brody-Waite (now Eisele)2002EICYesPolitical Science
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Matthew Barrett2003EICYesPolitical Science
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Kimberly Torrence2003EICYes
Management Science and Engineering
98
Scott Rasmussen2003EICYesEconomics, Mathematical and Computational Science
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Henry Towsner2003EICYes
Mathematical and Computational Science
100
Gary Raichart2005EICYesMathematical and Computational Science, Management Science and Engineering