Jesse Draper

Jesse Draper started acting at age seven, appearing in a family show created by her aunt Polly Draper. She starred with her musician cousins, Nat and Alex Wolff, on Nickelodeon's series about a brother band, where she played the nanny. Growing up in Silicon Valley, she was surrounded by the dot com boom. Her father, venture capitalist Tim Draper, influenced her interest in business. After small film roles in "The Mighty Macs" and "Ticket Out," she moved to creating her own content online.

Draper launched "The Valley Girl Show," a talk show that USA Today labeled "must see startup TV." She has interviewed guests like Ted Turner, MC Hammer, Eric Schmidt, and Elon Musk, calling herself the Ellen DeGeneres of business. Her company, Valley Girl, Inc., has grown into a multi-platform media business, running blogs and acquiring the LA technology culture blog Lalawag. She also writes for Virgin.com, Business Insider, and Pop17.

Now 40, she is American, born in California, with brown hair and eyes, standing 5'10" with a slim build. Her career spans over three decades, and she continues to work as an actress, producer, and writer. Her work shows how entertainment and entrepreneurship can combine, a path she has forged from her early days in Silicon Valley.