Draft:Christian Garrett

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Christian Garrett (born August 16, 1992) is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur with 137 Ventures.[1][2] 137 Ventures are investors in SpaceX, Gusto, Flexport, Lattice, Workrise, Anduril, Palantir, Uber, Brex, Spotify, SolarCity, 2U, Stord, Wonolo, Ramp, Course Hero, Hadrian, TrueNorth, Torch, Intercom, and more[3][4]. Christian is the son of actress and philanthropist Cynthia Garrett [5], and also the grandson of famed African-American real estate investor Bernard Garrett Sr. and the godson of the late billionaire Theodore J. Forstmann . He played college basketball at The University of Kansas from 2011-2015[6][7], where he went to the Final Four in 2012 and lost to the Kentucky Wildcats in the championship game[8]

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  1. ^ Staff, V. C. J. (January 4, 2021). "Rising Stars 2021".
  2. ^ Goldfisher, Alastair (June 23, 2021). "137 Ventures promotes two to principal".
  3. ^ "Portfolio". 137 Ventures.
  4. ^ "SpaceX Investor 137 Ventures Raises $350 Million for Its Fifth VC Fund". Startupsavant.com.
  5. ^ "Man of faith: Basketball, Bible study highlight senior walk-on Christian Garrett's KU tenure".
  6. ^ "Christian Garrett". Kansas Jayhawks. June 18, 2013.
  7. ^ "KU basketball walk-on Garrett driven to win".
  8. ^ Bedore, Gary (March 4, 2015). "Notebook: Christian Garrett goes out in style on Senior Night". KUsports.com.