Kevin Hartz

Hartz was born in Berkeley, California, and raised in Orinda, California. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Science in history from Stanford University, as well as a Master of Arts degree in British history from University College, Oxford.^[2]

Hartz began his career at Silicon Graphics (SGI) as the product manager for the virtual reality browser, Cosmo Player.

In 2001, Hartz co-founded Xoom,^[3] an international money remittance business, along with Alan Braverman. He served first as CEO until 2005, and then on the board of directors through its 2012 IPO^[4] and subsequent acquisition by PayPal in 2015. The company had a total equity value of $1.1 billion at that time.^[5]

In 2006, Hartz co-founded Eventbrite, the global self-service ticketing platform, along with his wife, Julia Hartz and Renaud Visage.^[6][7][8]

Hartz joined Founders Fund in September 2016 and served as a partner. He later announced his exit from the company in June 2018.^[9] He previously served on the board of directors for Eventbrite (Chairman)^[10][11] and Lookout.^{[citation needed]}

Hartz co-founded his own venture firm, A*, in 2020.^[12][13]

Hartz lives in San Francisco with his wife, Julia Hartz, and they have two daughters.^{[citation needed]}