Nicholas Woodman – Family, Family Tree

American businessman Nicholas D. Nick Woodman is a philanthropist and the founder and CEO of GoPro.

Early Life and Education

Nicholas was on born June 24, 1975. Attending the Menlo School, he grew up in Menlo Park, California and Atherton, where he graduated in 1993. His interest in surfing developed during high school and created the high school’s first surfing club.

At high school football games, Nicholas would sell t-shirts to increase money for the surfing club. He obtained a B.A. degree in visual arts. From the University of California, San Diego, he earned a minor in creative writing in 1997.

After school, Nicholas founded two startups, unfortunately, both of which never completely made it off the ground leave alone getting success. The first was a site titled EmpowerAll.com, which tried to sell electronic goods for no over a $2 markup, and the second one was Funbug, a gaming and marketing place that provide users the opportunity to win cash prizes. Nicholas took personally the lack of success from both companies.

Parents

Nicholas is the son of Concepcion and Dean Woodman.

His father, born in a Quaker family, co-founded investment bank Robertson Stephens.

His mother is of Hispanic descent. In 1992, she re-married Irwin Federman, General Partner of U.S. Venture Partners.