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Kevin Hartz is an American businessman in the technology industry. He is the co-founder of Xoom and was the CEO from 2001 to 2005.
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Kevin Hartz is an American businessman in the technology industry. He is the co-founder of Xoom and was the CEO from 2001 to 2005.
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. [1]
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, 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 [2] and subsequent acquisition by PayPal in 2015. The company had a total equity value of $1.1 billion at that time. [3]
In 2006, Hartz founded Eventbrite, the global self-service ticketing platform, along with Julia Hartz and Renaud Visage. [4]
Hartz joined Founders Fund in September 2016 and served as a partner. He later announced his exit from the company in June 2018. [5] He currently[ when? ] serves on the board of directors for Eventbrite (Chairman) and Lookout.[ citation needed ]
Hartz lives in San Francisco with his wife, Julia Hartz, and they have two daughters.[ citation needed ]
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