Duncan Penn

Duncan Penn leads Gatsby Management, a private technology investment firm specializing in investments in category-defining global technology companies.

An entrepreneur and angel investor, Duncan focuses on primary private capital placements in pre-IPO technology companies. He is an early investor in SpaceX, xAI, Tesla, Lyft, and Neuralink.

Under his leadership, Gatsby and its investment partners have collectively deployed more than $700 million in capital since 2019, with direct investments in SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink, X.com, The Boring Company, Saronic, and other leading technology companies. At SpaceX's 2026 IPO, Gatsby and its fund partners ranked as the 17th-largest institutional shareholder in managed and co-managed positions, and in 2025 SpaceX named Gatsby its “#1 Value-Add Investor.”

Duncan is also a co-founder of The Buried Life, which he started with his brother Jonnie Penn and childhood friends Ben Nemtin and Dave Lingwood. He created and executive produced the MTV documentary series The Buried Life and co-authored What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?, a No. 1 New York Times best seller.