Jordan Blashek

Jordan Blashek, cofounder and managing partner of America’s Frontier Fund, and president of the AFF Foundation, is a seasoned investor and operator dedicated to advancing America’s leadership in frontier technologies. In 2021, Blashek also co-founded Roadrunner Venture Studios, a venture studio platform dedicated to building frontier-tech vital to America's future. Previously, Blashek worked with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to stand up Schmidt Futures, a family office venture focused on leveraging technology to solve global challenges. Blashek served in the United States Marine Corps from 2009 to 2014 as an Infantry Officer with two combat tours in the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan. Earning the title of Marine is, and will always be, his proudest professional accomplishment, he says. Blashek is co-author of the bestselling nonfiction title Union: A Democrat, a Republican, and a Search for Common Ground (Little Brown, 2020).