Randy Glein

Randy Glein, Investor at xAI

Randy Glein is a co-founder and Partner at DFJ Growth, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California.12 He has been an investor in several prominent technology companies, including:

• SpaceX (Board Observer since 2009)1
• Anduril Industries (Board Observer since 2022)1
• Tesla (Investor since 2009)1
• OpenAI (Board Observer since 2022)1
• Vannevar Labs (Investor since 2022)1
• Twitter (Investor since 2022)1
• Coinbase (Investor since 2014)1
• Unity Technologies (Investor since 2015)1

Glein has been named to the Forbes Midas List, which ranks the world's top venture capitalists, six times over the past decade, most recently in 2024.234 He was also named to the NY Times / CB Insight list of the world's top venture capital investors five times.2

Prior to his venture capital career, Glein worked as an engineer at Hughes Space & Communications and Martin Marietta.2 He earned an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, an MSEE from the University of Southern California, and a BSEE with high honors from the University of Florida.2