Marc Lore
Marc Lore is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Wonder, a company that’s reinventing the at-home dining experience. Wonder is led by a team of proven entrepreneurs, some of the world’s greatest chefs and culinary experts, and talented innovators from every area of the business – and, it’s backed by top-tier venture capitalists.
Lore is also the newest NBA owner having purchased the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx with his friend and business partner, Alex Rodriguez. Lore and Rodriguez also recently announced a venture firm called VCP, focused on investing big and early in proven founders armed with the right vision, capital, and people.
Telosa is Lore’s legacy project – a city he is building from scratch to test a new model for society, called Equitism. The city will eventually house five million residents and plans to set the global standard for urban living and expand human potential by becoming a blueprint for future generations.
Prior to this, Lore started and sold four companies, most recently, Jet.com which was acquired by Walmart in 2016 for $3.3 billion. Lore was also the co-founder and CEO of Quidsi, the company was sold to Amazon in 2011 for $550 million.
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