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Jeff Jordan

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Jeff Jordan is a managing partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz where he serves on the boards of Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD), Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), Incredible Health, Instacart, Lookout, Neighbor, OfferUp, Pinterest (NYSE:PINS), and Wonderschool.

He was previously CEO and then executive chairman of OpenTable, where he led the company during a period of accelerated domestic and international growth and oversaw its initial public offering during one of the longest tech IPO droughts in recent history. Prior to OpenTable, Jeff was Senior Vice President and General Manager of eBay North America where he oversaw eBay's early growth into one of the Internet's leading commerce brands. In this role, he drove the successful acquisitions of PayPal and Half.com and went on to become President of PayPal, where he was responsible for establishing the company as the global standard for online payments.  

Before joining eBay, Jeff was chief financial officer of Hollywood Entertainment and president of Reel.com. He also worked as Senior Vice President of finance for The Disney Stores at The Walt Disney Company, and prior held various positions at the Boston Consulting Group.

Jeff holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BA in Political Science and Psychology from Amherst College. Jeff is an active mentor and leader in the Bay Area community. He serves on the boards of the DAPER Investment Fund, The GSB Trust, and the Stanford School of Engineering Advisory Council. He also runs a regular basketball game that connects young people and established tech industry vets.

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Fortune: Lessons from the VC Who's Seen it all Before
How Jeff Jordan is applying what he learned during his time at Disney, eBay, and OpenTable to help founders at Airbnb, Pinterest, and Instacart

Latest Posts

Our Top 10 Consumer Tech Posts of 2020

by Connie Chan, Andrew Chen, Jeff Jordan, D'Arcy Coolican, Bennett Carroccio, Jonathan Lai, Anne Lee Skates, and Li Jin
  • China
  • consumer
  • ecommerce
  • education
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • marketplaces
  • mobile (& messaging)
  • news
  • online communities
  • metrics
  • end of year roundups
  • trends 2020

The Founder’s Dilemma: To Compete or Unbundle

by Jeff Jordan, Connie Chan, Andrew Chen, D'Arcy Coolican, Jonathan Lai, Bennett Carroccio, and Anne Lee Skates
  • consumer
  • ecommerce
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • marketplaces
  • online communities
  • network effects
  • social strikes back

a16z Podcast: How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

by Annie Duke and Jeff Jordan
  • career & self development
  • management
  • product management
  • VC industry
  • book launches (and book pods)
  • judgment decision making risk

‘Deep’ Job Platforms and How to Build Them

by D'Arcy Coolican and Jeff Jordan
  • consumer
  • marketplaces
  • networking
  • online communities
  • career & self development
  • technical talent

From @jeff_jordan

NBA TV@NBATV

Today we celebrate Joe Dumars, the first African American executive to lead an organization to an NBA title. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/jEWFE4b8YL

Brennan@bspellacy_

Climate change is going to be the challenge of a lifetime, and we're incredibly thankful to be able to welcome @jeff_jordan, @DCoolican, @acharoo, @reinpk, @calvinfo, @ivolo, @sierralnp and many others to the team.

Jeff Jordan@jeff_jordan

We at @a16z are excited to announce the funding of @usepatch, a carbon offset API developer that helps companies "calculate their carbon footprint and identify and finance offset projects that capture the equivalent carbon dioxide emissions" #GoGreen https://t.co/1Df1bSYHX4

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