Mark Stevens was born in 1960 in Culver City, California USA and is a businessman and venture capitalist, best known to the world as one of the partners at the Sequoia Capital company, founded back in 1972 by Don Valentine.
Have you ever wondered how rich Mark Stevens is, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Stevens’ net worth is as high as $2.3 billion, an amount earned through his successful career as a businessman, active since the early ‘80s.
Mark Stevens Net Worth $2.3 Billion
After finishing high school, Mark enrolled at the University of Southern California, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree, and then furthered his studies, obtaining a master’s degree from the same university. That wasn’t the end of his education since Mark enrolled at Harvard University and acquired Masters of Business Administration degree. During his years in college, Mark also held several odd jobs in order to put himself through studies, and one of those jobs included working at Jack-in-the-Box in his hometown.
Subsequently, in 1982 he wanted to cash in his knowledge, and found a job at Intel Corporation, which at the time was only a mediocre company. Luckily, with the rapid increase in usage and improvement of the PCs, Intel soon became one of the most successful companies. After seven years of hard work at Intel which laid the basis of his net worth, Mark joined Sequoia Capital and used the knowledge he obtained while at Intel about semiconductors, software and other technology ventures of the Intel Corporation. In no time, Mark was investing in other companies on the rise, which included Google, Yahoo!, and YouTube, among others, which earned him a place in the five voting partners at Sequoia Capital.
After years of successful investing, Mark’s net worth was soaring, and as a result, Forbes magazine had put him as the 10th venture capitalist on their Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists.
Aside from Sequoia Capital, Mark started his own investment firm, S-Cubed Capital, through which he has invested in numerous technology giants, including NVIDIA, and now serves on the board of directors of the company. Furthermore, he is a minority owner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise the Golden State Warriors, which brought him much joy in 2015 and 2017, when the Warriors won the NBA Championship.
Regarding his personal life, Mark has been married to Mary with whom he has three children.
He is well-known for his philanthropic activities; alongside his wife, he made a donation of $22 million dollars to the University of Southern California for the creation of the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. Also, the two gave $50 million dollars for the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute. Furthermore, Mark is on USC Board of Trustees and a part of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Board of Councilors.
