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Jeff Jordan

Former CEO, OpenTable; former president, PayPal; venture investor

A technology operator and investor who led OpenTable through its IPO and previously served as president of PayPal. His documented reading selections address leadership, Silicon Valley history, and decisions under uncertainty.

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Operator Technology Investing Venture Capital

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Books Jeff Jordan recommends

3 books, each linked to the source where Jeff Jordan recommended it.

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The Score Takes Care of Itself

by Bill Walsh & Steve Jamison & Craig Walsh · 2009

Selected by Jeff Jordan as one of the best leadership books he had read.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Andreessen Horowitz

Evidence details

16 (x)4 Books We Read Winter 2017

Jordan’s named section in an official firm reading list gives a positive assessment. Catalog wording is a citation paraphrase.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Andreessen Horowitz · 2017-12-28 · accessed 2026-09-30

Reading list · Official a16z attributed reading list

Only Jordan’s named contribution is used. He explicitly praises the leadership book and the technology history; other staff selections are not attributed to him.

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Troublemakers

by Leslie Berlin · 2017

Selected by Jeff Jordan for its engaging history of seven Silicon Valley pioneers.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Andreessen Horowitz

Evidence details

16 (x)4 Books We Read Winter 2017

Jordan’s named section in an official firm reading list gives a positive assessment. Catalog wording is a citation paraphrase.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Andreessen Horowitz · 2017-12-28 · accessed 2026-09-30

Reading list · Official a16z attributed reading list

Only Jordan’s named contribution is used. He explicitly praises the leadership book and the technology history; other staff selections are not attributed to him.

Bookshop.org

Thinking in Bets

by Annie Duke · 2018

Selected by Jeff Jordan for its treatment of decisions under uncertainty and relevance to venture investing.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Andreessen Horowitz

Evidence details

16 (x4) Books We Read Winter 2018

Jordan’s attributed entry in the winter 2018 reading list positively assesses this book.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Andreessen Horowitz · 2018-12-24 · accessed 2026-09-30

Reading list · Official a16z attributed reading list

Jordan’s named section describes this as compelling and relevant to venture investing. Citation paraphrase, not a verbatim quote.

Bookshop.org