Chamath Palihapitiya
Founder and CEO of Social Capital; co-host of the All-In podcast; early Facebook executive.
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Social Capital (Chief Executive Officer)
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- Chamath Palihapitiya is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian venture capitalist.
- Palihapitiya was born in Galle in 1976, moved to Canada at five, and graduated in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1999.
- After Winamp and AOL, Palihapitiya was a senior executive at Facebook from 2007 to 2011, leading its growth work.
- In 2011 Palihapitiya founded Social Capital, which became a family office in 2018, and from 2019 sponsored a series of SPACs.
- Palihapitiya co-hosts the weekly All-In podcast.
Key facts
- Born
- 3 September 1976, Galle, Sri Lanka1
- Education
- Electrical engineering, University of Waterloo (1999)1
- Career
- Derivatives trader, BMO Nesbitt Burns; Winamp; AOL vice president; Mayfield Fund; Facebook, 2007 to 20111
- Social Capital
- Founded 2011; CEO; became a family office in 20181
- SPACs
- Social Capital Hedosophia vehicles from 2019, including Virgin Galactic, Opendoor, Clover Health and SoFi1
- Podcast
- Co-host of All-In with Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg1
- Golden State Warriors
- Minority stake bought in 2010; sold all of it in June 20231
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- Social CapitalOrganization
Chief Executive Officer source on Social Capital
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Part of until 2011
Meta (senior executive at Facebook, leading growth) source on Meta
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