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Iconiq Capital was founded in December 2011 by Divesh Makan, Michael Anders, and Chad Boeding. All three previously worked as wealth advisors at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley before leaving to establish the firm independently in San Francisco.
Iconiq Capital operates as a hybrid family office, providing financial advisory, private equity, venture capital, growth equity, real estate, and philanthropic services. Its hybrid structure was designed to reduce conflicts of interest between its advisory arm and its investment platform.
Iconiq's known clients include Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Jack Dorsey, Henry Kravis, Satya Nadella, and entertainment figures such as Tom Hanks, Quincy Jones, and Ryan Reynolds. Iconiq does not officially disclose its client list; these names have become known because those individuals publicly affiliated themselves with the firm.
Iconiq Growth is the growth capital arm of Iconiq Capital, launched in 2013 after encouragement from Dave Goldberg. Will Griffith, formerly a general partner at the venture capital firm TCV, was brought in to lead it.
Iconiq Capital's portfolio includes Airbnb, Zoom, Snowflake, CrowdStrike, Uber, DocuSign, Datadog, Robinhood, Epic Games, GitLab, Dropbox, Adyen, and Wolt, among many others. The firm invests through its Iconiq Growth arm and private equity and venture capital vehicles.
Iconiq Impact is the charitable giving platform of Iconiq Capital, launched in 2019. It was established to distribute capital earned through the family office to charitable causes, operating separately from the firm's investment and advisory businesses.