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Esther Dyson

Investor

Health Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health · Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures · Advisory Board Member at Chanzo Capital

New York, New York, United States

About

Journalist, author and investor, founder of Wellville, and a board member and business model analyst.

Experience

  1. Computers 4 PeopleMember of Advisory Boardcurrent2026 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. "Term Limits: Human time and AI scale"Working on a bookcurrent2025 — present
  3. BAMF HealthDirectorcurrent2021 — presentGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States
  4. Avanlee Caredirector/investorcurrent2020 — presentMontana & New York
  5. Charity NavigatorTrusteecurrent2019 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  6. The Commons Project FoundationBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  7. SquareInvestorcurrent2010 — present
  8. Commercial Spaceflight Federationpatroncurrent2008 — present
  9. EPAM SystemsInvestorcurrent2008 — present
  10. New York Angelsangelcurrent2000 — present
  11. ExpandED Schoolsdirectorcurrent2000 — present
  12. WellvilleFounder2013 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
  13. Yandexdirector2006 — 2022Moscow, Russia
  14. Element3 Healthdirector2021 — 2022Colorado, United States
  15. Luxoftdirector2013 — 2019
  16. 23andMedirector2007 — 2019
  17. Meetup, Inc.director2004 — 2017
  18. Keasadvisory board2012 — 2016
  19. Sunlight Foundationdirector2008 — 2016
  20. ClassPassinvestor2013 — 2015
  21. XCOR AerospaceDirector2011 — 2014
  22. Eventful.comdirector2003 — 2014
  23. WPP Groupboard of directors1999 — 2014
  24. HealthRallyinvestor2011 — 2013
  25. IBS Groupmember advisory board2001 — 2013
  26. IBS Groupdirector, advisory board2001 — 2010
  27. NASA Advisory CouncilChair of the Technology and Innovation Committee2010 — 2012Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  28. Fluidinfoinvestor2008 — 2010
  29. Boxbedirector2007 — 2010
  30. Personal Genome Projecttrustee2008 — 2009
  31. HealthWorldWeb LLCadvisor2008 — 2009
  32. InfosysWIBTA judge2003 — 2009
  33. Flickrinvestor2005 — 2008
  34. EDventurechairman1982 — 2007
  35. ICANNfounding chairman1998 — 2000Marina del Rey, CA, US
  36. Electronic Frontier Foundationchairman/trustee1991 — 1998

Skills & more

GermanFrench1Russian4Angel Investing13Health7Governance5Long-term thinking2Space travel

Languages English · French · German · Russian

From Esther's professional profile.

Colleagues at StartUp Health

Aishu Sukumar
Alzheimer's Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Albert Tzeel
T1D Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Attallah Shabazz
Health Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Bari Krein
CSO, Managing Partner at StartUp Health
Chuck Henderson
Health Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Craig Ritchie
Alzheimer's Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
David Weingard
T1D Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health
Elizabeth A. Dale
Health Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health

Network16

David HelgasonScout
Unity co-founder; Partner at Transition
Alessandr PiolScout
General Partner at AlphaPrime Ventures
Amy KruseScout
Venture Partner at Prime Movers Lab
Andrei DuncaScout
Angel
Anne WojcickiScout
Investor at 23andMe
Bradley HorowitzScout
Investor at Wisdom Ventures
Charles HudsonScout
Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures
Charlie SonghurstScout
Sr. Venture Partner at Acequia Capital (AceCap)
Chris CunninghamScout
Founder at C2 Ventures
Dave McClureScout
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
Deborah Buresh JacksonScout
Founding Partner at Plum Alley Investments
Gary LauderScout
Founder at Lauder Partners
▶4 more connections

Gautam Godhwani · scoutRick Heitzmann · scoutJohn KuelperLaurel Mintz

Investors connected to Esther in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Esther Dyson?
Journalist, author and investor, founder of Wellville, and a board member and business model analyst.
Where does Esther Dyson work?
Esther Dyson is Health Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp Health.
Where did Esther Dyson go to school?
Esther Dyson studied at Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (certificate of completion, space medicine); Harvard University (BA, economics); Princeton High School.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,558

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation

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Also attended Princeton High School10

Emily PawlakVice President at Volition CapitalScott L. CorwinInvestor at BroadscaleDavid MendezManaging Partner at Good Growth CapitalHarry KiokoPrincipal at Canapi VenturesDan MatthiesManaging Partner, Catalyst Fund at ReactionJames SmitsInvestor at KohFounders

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Shared employers

Also worked at Yandex15

Alex ChachavaInvestor at Leta CapitalNataly LaktionovaMarketing, Portfolio Development at Polymorphic CapitalAlex VassilievBusiness Angel at REDangelsAnton AbdukhamidovPartner at GuruDev CapitalMikhail KalashnikovPrincipal at FunCubatorDiana MoldavskyInvestor at Tencent Holdings

+ 9 more

Also worked at Infosys79

Sumit JoharAdvisor at Clear VenturesAziz GilaniAssociate at Mercury FundPankajAdvisor at NewBuild.VCPrayag MohantyPrincipal at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpLouis Hernandez, Jr.Founder and CEO at Black Dragon CapitalRyan WestWoodInvestor at EPIC VENTURES

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Also worked at Flickr5

Cal HendersonCo-founder & CTO of SlackCaterina FakeInvestor at Yes VCMaijid MoujaledCo-Founder & President at Chipper CashKyle ArchieFounder at LystoManuel Diaz-GranadosFounder at Lysto

Also worked at ICANN4

Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAndrew McLaughlinPartner at Higher Ground LabsJonathan RobinsonSenior Independent Director at EMV CapitalSajid RahmanFounder, General Partner at MyAsiaVC