He began his acting career portraying Michael Kelso in sitcom That '70s Show β In , he created and produced the television series Punk'd , also serving as host for the first eight of its ten seasons. In , Kutcher starred in the lead role of the psychological film The Butterfly Effect. In , Kutcher portrayed Steve Jobs in the biographical film Jobs. Beyond entertainment, Kutcher is also a venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of the venture capital firm A-Grade Investments.
Kutcher has also successfully invested in several high technology startups. Kutcher has investments in over 60 companies, the most prominent of which include Skype , Foursquare , Airbnb , Path and Fab.
Kutcher has invested in five startups as of August [update] β Neighborly , Zenreach , ResearchGate , Kopari Beauty, and Lemonade βmarking his foray into the "insurtech" sector.
Kutcher, a factory worker. Kutcher was raised in a "relatively conservative" Catholic family. He has said he "didn't want to come home and find more bad news" about his brother, stating, "I kept myself so busy that I didn't allow myself to feel. During high school, he developed a passion for acting and appeared in school plays and his parents divorced when he was During his senior year, he broke into his high school at midnight with his cousin in an attempt to steal money; he was arrested leaving the scene.
Kutcher was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to three years of probation and hours of community service. Kutcher stated that although the experience "straightened him out", he lost his girlfriend and anticipated college scholarships, and was ostracized at school and in his community. Kutcher enrolled at the University of Iowa in August , where his planned major was biochemical engineering , motivated by the desire to cure his brother's heart ailment.
