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Template:Section Lewis was born in Calgary, Canada to Sholem Tabachnick and Laurette Tabachnick, both of whom were teachers.[1] Lewis graduated from Queen's University in 2004 with a Bachelor's Degree.[2]
Template:Section In 2004, Lewis joined P&G after they offered to sponsor his green card.[1]
In 2008 he joined Peter Thiel's hedge fund Clarium Capital[3], but left to co-found TopGuest a loyalty software company for travel companies that was acquired for in 2011.[4][5][6][7]
Lewis then joined Founders Fund as a Partner after being recruited by Peter Thiel. During his time at Founders Fund Lewis led investments in Lyft, Wish, Privateer Holdings, Nubank and RigUp.[8][9][10] Brendan Kennedy on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2015. Lewis left Founders Fund in 2017 to found Bedrock Capital with Eric Stromberg.[11][12][13] Bedrock currently has approximately $500 million in investment capital.[14] Founders Fund is an investor in Bedrock.[12]
In 2019, Lewis was named as one of the Top 100 Venture Capitalists in the world by The New York Times and CB Insights.[15][16]
Template:Section Lewis is widely known for his investments in companies considered "narrative violations" a term he coined in 2017.[17][18] In a white paper published on Bedrock's website Lewis wrote "The best time to invest in a company is when it’s most in violation of a popular narrative".[19][18]
Template:Section Lewis has been critical of President Trump, writing in a Medium post "A world in which President Trump makes any sense at all is not the world I want my grandchildren to inherit".[20] The blog post was in stark contrast to his then-bossPeter Thiel's vocal support of President Trump.[21][22][23]
In the media
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References
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- ↑ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (2019-01-08). "No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) (Published 2019)" (in en-US). The New York Times. Template:Citation/identifier. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/business/dealbook/education-student-loans-lambda-schools.html.
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- ↑ 12.0 12.1 McBride, Sarah (August 18, 2017). "Founders Fund's Geoff Lewis Leaves to Start His Own Fund". Bloomberg News. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-18/founders-fund-s-geoff-lewis-leaves-to-start-his-own-fund.
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- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Griffith, Erin (2019-11-26). "What Makes a ‘Narrative Violation’?" (in en-US). The New York Times. Template:Citation/identifier. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/style/narrative-violation-venture-capital-tech.html.
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