Timothy C. Draper – Managing Director

Mr. Draper is the Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. On behalf of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mr. Draper serves on the boards of several private companies. His original suggestion to use "viral marketing" in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and YahooMail (Four11), and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique by hundreds of businesses. He was an original venture capital investor in Skype, Parametric Technology (PMTC), Tumbleweed Communications (TMWD), Overture.com (OVER), Digidesign (AVID), Preview Travel (TVLY), Four11 (YHOO), Combinet (CSCO), and Redgate (AOL). Mr. Draper launched the Draper Network, an international network of early-stage venture capital funds with offices in more than 30 cities around the globe. As an advocate for entrepreneurs and free markets, Mr. Draper is regularly featured as a keynote speaker in entrepreneurial conferences throughout the world, has been recognized as a leader in his field through numerous awards and honors, and has frequent TV, radio, and headline appearances. Mr. Draper is also the course creator and Chairman of BizWorld, a 501(c)(3) organization built around simulated teaching of entrepreneurship and business to children. He served on the California State Board of Education. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.