Jared Weinstein

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Jared Weinstein (born 1980 in Birmingham) is a general partner at Thrive Capital of New York City. He former served as a special assistant to President George W. Bush.

Weinstein is the son of Steve and Brenda Weinstein. He graduated from Mountain Brook High School in 1988 and enrolled at Duke University to study public policy. He spent the summer of 2000 in Austin, Texas, interning with the Bush campaign. In 2001 he and one of his classmates at Duke secured a $15,500 grant to help fund the Durham Bulls Athletic League in Durham, North Carolina.

After graduating Duke in 2002 he took a job in the scheduling office at the White House. In the fall of 2003 he became Chief of Staff Andrew Card's personal assistant, staying on to assist Card's successor, Joshua Bolten. When the Presidential special assistant job came open, Weinstein did not apply, but was recommended by Card. He began serving on June 14, 2006 and held the position until Bush's term ended on January 20, 2009.

Weinstein continued to work as Deputy Chief of Staff for the Office of George W. Bush in Dallas, Texas. He enrolled at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, completing his master's in business administration in 2011. He joined Joshua Kushner's venture capital firm Thrive that year. Before transitioning to general partner, Weinstein was the firm's chief operating officer. He has also served as an advisor to Palantir Technologies.

In 2012 Weinstein founded the Overton Project to promote high-impact social investments to benefit Birmingham. Overton has provided funding for implementation of several national programs in the city, including Birmingham Talks, Breakthrough Collaborative, Endeavor, Strive Birmingham, TEALS, and Venture for America.

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