Julia Hartz is an American entrepreneur. She was born November 20, 1979, in Santa Cruz, California. Julia Hartz earned a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Pepperdine University. She began her career in entertainment. She started as an intern on the set of Friends. From there, she worked in television development at MTV Networks, where she helped develop reality series including The Real World and Jackass. She later moved to FX Networks, contributing to scripted shows such as Nip/Tuck and The Shield.
In 2006, Julia Hartz co-founded Eventbrite alongside her then-fiancé Kevin Hartz and engineer Renaud Visage. She drew on her entertainment industry background to help build a technology platform for live events. She became CEO in 2016. Julia Hartz led the company through its 2018 IPO and the extraordinary disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hartz has earned a spot on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 and Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs lists. She has also been named to Inc.’s 35 Under 35 and Female Founders 100. She serves on the board of Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts and is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. You can learn more about her company on the Eventbrite page. Hartz lives in San Francisco with her husband and their four children.