Rank #2305
Walter Kortschak
Net worth $1.8B
Venture capital · United States
- Born
- May 01, 1959
- Age
- 67
- Source
- Venture capital
- Residence
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Walter Kortschak is an investor who joined growth equity firm Summit Partners in 1989. He spent 26 years there as an active partner.
- At Summit, some of his biggest tech bets and buyouts were E-Tek Dynamics (a 40x return) and networking company Xylan (127x).
- Kortschak now invests solo, with early bets on such outfits as The Trade Desk and Robinhood.
- At first, Kortschak wanted to be a software engineer, but got into venture investing after business school at UCLA.
- He also owns 2,800 acres in Kauai, Hawaii, including a ranch where Jurassic Park was filmed.