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Luke Nosek

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

CO-FOUNDER & PARTNER, Gigafund

Firm
Gigafund
Title
CO-FOUNDER & PARTNER
Role
General partner
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Investor
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Prior to cofounding Gigafund, Luke cofounded PayPal and served as the company’s VP of Marketing and Strategy. After selling PayPal to eBay, Luke launched Founders Fund with Peter Thiel and Ken Howery. At Founders Fund, Luke led the first venture investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX in 2008 and has served on the SpaceX board since then. Luke also sits on the boards of Last Energy, ResearchGate, and Luminous Computing.

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