Christian Garrett

Christian Garrett[1][2] is a venture capitalist investor and the grandson of famed real estate and banking investor Bernard Garrett Sr. Christian is a partner[3][4] at 137 Ventures which has invested in SpaceX, Palantir, Uber, Anduril,[5] Gusto, and more.[6][7][8][9] He is also the co-founder of The Hill & Valley Forum[10] which has had Peter Thiel, Vinod Khosla, Jensen Huang, Alex Karp, Brian Schimpf, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Senator Chuck Schumer all attend before.[11]

Christian played college basketball for the University of Kansas and went to the Final Four in 2012.[12][13][14]

Christian's mother is Cynthia Garrett[15][16] who is the step sister of Lenny Kravtiz.[17][18]

References

  1. ^ Dwoskin, Elizabeth (March 6, 2025). "Tech leaders were on the outside looking in. Now they own Washington". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "The 'ultra connector': How Christian Garrett became tech's quiet diplomat". The San Francisco Standard. 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  3. ^ Chapman,Bloomberg, Lizette. "Silicon Valley's Trump supporters envision ascendant startups, Vance 2028". Fortune. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  4. ^ TBPN (2025-03-27). Christian Garrett (137 Ventures) on Investing and Markets. Retrieved 2025-05-29 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Anduril Seeks to Raise at Least $500 Million as Defense Stocks Rally". The Information. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  6. ^ "Ramp secures $750 million in funding to help businesses automate their financial operations". Ramp. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  7. ^ Muller, Dan Primack,Joann (2025-06-17). "Self-driving startup Applied Intuition nets $15 billion valuation". Axios. Retrieved 2025-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Alamalhodaei, Julie Bort, Aria (2024-06-19). "Internal SpaceX documents show the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-12-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Portfolio | 137 Ventures". www.137ventures.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  10. ^ Newcomer, Eric. "Silicon Valley on the Hill...Companies Spending More on AI...Tesla Drops its EV Chargers". www.newcomer.co. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  11. ^ "The 'ultra connector': How Christian Garrett became tech's quiet diplomat". The San Francisco Standard. 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  12. ^ Garrett | @CGarrett_15, Christian (2015-08-19). "Christian Garrett reflects on his time at KU". The University Daily Kansan. Retrieved 2024-12-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Christian Garrett - 2014-15 - Men's Basketball". University of Kansas. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  14. ^ "KU Sports". KU Sports. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  15. ^ "KU Sports". KU Sports. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  16. ^ "Prodigal Daughter: A Journey Home To Identity". Cynthia Garrett Ministries. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  17. ^ "Cynthia Garrett's Prodigal Journey". HuffPost. 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
  18. ^ "KU walk-on Christian Garrett relishes chance to start on senior night".