Jason Calacanis
Investor
Angel investor who invested into the seed round of Uber. He also hosts the popular Podcast "This Week In Startups" in which he interviews influential entrepreneurs and investors. The Podcast has produced over 1,000 episodes.
He co-founded Weblogs, Inc. in 2003, and sold the company to AOL two years later.
In addition to Uber, he's invested in several other successful consumer companies including Calm and Robinhood. Two of the well known entrepreneurs he's interviewed on his Podcast are Dave Portnoy and David Sacks.
In 2015, he moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco to focus on an start-up he founded called Launch.
He has said that he ultimately dreams of purchasing the New York Knicks, which is a similar goal that entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk discusses in regards to owning the New York Jets.