Keith Rabois, General Partner at Founders Fund

Today, my guest is Keith Rabois, a general partner at Founders Fund. He led the first institutional investments in DoorDash (NYSE: DASH), Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), and co-founded Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN). During his venture career he also led investments in Faire, Ramp, Trade Republic, and Stripe. Over the last decade, he has forged several of the most important new social and commerce platforms.

Keith began his career in the industry as a senior executive at PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) and as chief operating officer of Square (NYSE: SQ). As a board member, Keith guided Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Xoom (NASDAQ: XOOM) from inception to successful initial public offerings, and he served on the board of Reddit from 2012-2018. Simultaneously, he also invested in other like-minded entrepreneurs with early stakes in YouTube, Palantir, Lyft, Airbnb, Eventbrite, and Wish. Keith holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University and a juris doctor degree with honors from Harvard Law School.