{{Short description|American investment banker and venture capital investor}} {{Infobox person | name = Dan Levitan | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | birth_name = | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Duke University]] (BA)<br>[[Harvard University]] (MBA) | occupation = [[Venture capitalist]] | known_for = Co-founder of [[Maveron]] | networth = | children = 2 | spouse = Stacey Rae Winston | parents = | family = | website = }} '''Dan Levitan''' is a former [[investment banker]] turned [[venture capital]] [[investor]]. He is co-founding partner at [[Maveron]], which invests in consumer-only businesses centered on technology-enabled products and services in commerce, education, and health and wellness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maveron.com/team/dan-levitan/|title = Dan Levitan}}</ref>
==Early life== Levitan is the son of Minna and Milton Levitan.<ref name=LevitanWedding>[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/style/weddings-stacey-winston-dan-levitan.html New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Stacey Winston, Dan Levitan"] November 8, 1998</ref> Levitan is [[Jewish]]. He is a graduate of [[Duke University]] and [[Harvard Business School]].<ref name=LevitanWedding />
==Career== After school, Levitan spent 15 years in investment banking focused primarily on consumer businesses. During his banking career, Levitan helped more than 100 companies go public, make strategic acquisitions or monetize the equity value they had created.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://startupgrind.com/event/startup-grind-seattle-hosted-dan-levitan-co-founder-maveron/|title=Dan Levitan (Co-Founder Maveron)|publisher=|access-date=2014-03-14|archive-date=2014-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315041441/http://startupgrind.com/event/startup-grind-seattle-hosted-dan-levitan-co-founder-maveron/|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a managing director at Schroder [[Wertheim & Co.]], including its predecessor companies (“Schroders”), he led the firm’s consumer group and founded its West Coast investment banking division. Levitan met [[Howard Schultz]] in 1991, when [[Starbucks]] began planning for its IPO.
Since co-founding the firm with [[Howard Schultz]] in 1998, Levitan has led many of the firm’s successful investments including [[Zulily]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/technology/dan-levitan-maveron.pr.fortune/|title=- Fortune|publisher=}}{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> (NASDAQ: ZU), [[Potbelly Sandwich Works|Potbelly]] (NASDAQ: PBPB), [[Trupanion]] (NYSE: TRUP), [[Capella Education Company]] (NASDAQ: CPLA), [[eBay]] (NASDAQ: EBAY), and [[Shutterfly]] (NASDAQ: SFLY). He currently serves on the board of directors of Allbirds, Brewbird, daring foods, Domain Money, Engageli, Landing, Pacaso, Trupanion and Two Chairs.
Levitan has been recognized on the 2014 Forbes Midas List <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/ehgj45eild/dan-levitan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329042053/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ehgj45eild/dan-levitan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2014|title=Dan Levitan - pg.8 Forbes|first=TrueBridge Capital|last=Partners|website=[[Forbes]] |publisher=}}</ref> as one of the world's top investors. He has also been named NASDAQ private company director of the year.
==Philanthropy== Levitan has acted as a board member to numerous private, public and philanthropic organizations. He currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of [[Seattle Children’s]] Healthcare System and Seattle Children’s Hospital and he also serves on the Investment Advisory Committee for Seattle Children’s which oversees over $2B in AUM. Levitan is also chair of Brothers for Life (formerly Hope for Heroism), a charity dedicated to supporting wounded [[Israeli Defense Force]] soldiers.<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/israeli_heros_some_of_them_admit_to_needing_help Jewish Journal: "Israeli heroes: Some of them admit to needing help" by Simone Wilson] July 9, 2013</ref>
==Personal life== Levitan married Stacey Rae Winston in a [[Chuppah|Jewish ceremony]] at the [[St. Regis Hotel]] in [[Manhattan]]. They have two children together.<ref name=LevitanWedding />
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