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Luke Nosek

PayPal, Founders Fund and Gigafund co-founder.

Wikipedia-confirmed identity. Matched to Wikidata Q6702205 ↗ with a Wikipedia article ↗. Checked 2026-10-02.

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PayPal, Founders Fund and Gigafund co-founder.

Organizations and connections

Affiliations retain their dates and sources. Roles may be historical; a missing end date does not establish a current role. Machine classifications need review; a co-mention alone does not establish a relationship.

  1. Luke Nosek→SpaceX

    Joined the board

    board memberFrom 2008 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  2. Luke Nosek→Founders Fund

    Co-founded

    foundedDates not recordedCurated evidence
  3. Luke Nosek→Gigafund

    Co-founded

    foundedFrom 2017 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  4. Luke Nosek→PayPal

    Co-founded

    foundedFrom 1998 · end not recordedCurated evidence
  5. Luke Nosek→SpaceX

    Led Founders Fund’s first venture investment

    investment partner2008Curated evidence
    Investor role
    Investment partner
    Named partner role
    Lead investment partner
    Financing
    Type not specified
    Closing status
    Not specified
    Investor organization
    Founders Fund ↗

    Source context: Gigafund identifies Nosek as the person who led Founders Fund's first venture investment in SpaceX in 2008; no personal contribution amount is disclosed.

    No amount recorded in this relationship’s evidence.

    Event reference: funding:spacex:first-venture-investment-2008

  6. Luke Nosek→Founders Fund

    Founded

    foundedDates not recordedWikidata statement
  7. Luke Nosek→University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
  8. Luke Nosek↔Eric Schmidt

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  9. Bill Gates↔Luke Nosek

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  10. Larry Ellison↔Luke Nosek

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  11. Luke Nosek↔Paul Allen

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  12. Luke Nosek↔Max Levchin

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  13. Luke Nosek↔Vladimir Putin

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  14. Luke Nosek↔Carly Fiorina

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  15. Luke Nosek↔Peter Thiel

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  16. Luke Nosek↔Sam Altman

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  17. Larry Page↔Luke Nosek

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  18. Luke Nosek↔Sergey Brin

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  19. Ken Howery↔Luke Nosek

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  20. Luke Nosek↔Milton Friedman

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  21. Elon Musk↔Luke Nosek

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  22. Luke Nosek↔Mark Zuckerberg

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  23. Luke Nosek↔Melinda Gates

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  24. Luke Nosek↔Reid Hoffman

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  25. Luke Nosek↔Gwynne Shotwell

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  26. Luke Nosek↔Paul Graham

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  27. Jeff Bezos↔Luke Nosek

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

  28. Luke Nosek↔Vinod Khosla

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

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WIKIDATA-CONFIRMED IDENTITY Wikipedia: Luke Nosek ↗

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