Kevin Hartz

Not to be confused with Kevin Hart.

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.

Kevin Hartz
Born	Berkeley, California, U.S.
Education	Stanford University (BASc) University College (MA)

Biography

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]

Career

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]}

Personal life

Hartz lives in San Francisco with his wife, Julia Hartz, and they have two daughters.^{[citation needed]}