Chamath Palihapitiya
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Chamath Palihapitiya is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian-American venture capitalist and former Facebook executive known for founding the investment firm Social Capital and popularizing SPAC-led public listings.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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venture capitalist ⓘ |
| basedIn | Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | Golden State Warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coHostOf | All-In Podcast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1976-09-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
AOL
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Facebook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sri Lankan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Palihapitiya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | electrical engineering ⓘ |
| founded | Social Capital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Chamath Palihapitiya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Chamath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| hasChild | 4 ⓘ |
| hasTwitterAccount | @chamath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investmentStyle | technology-focused investing ⓘ |
| investmentVehicle | special purpose acquisition company ⓘ |
| knownFor |
criticisms of short-termism in Silicon Valley
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public commentary on technology and markets ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early senior executive role at Facebook
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founding Social Capital ⓘ popularizing SPAC-led public listings ⓘ |
| notableInvestment |
Clover Health via SPAC
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Opendoor via SPAC ⓘ SoFi via SPAC ⓘ Virgin Galactic via SPAC ⓘ |
| notableQuoteTopic | social media impact on society GENERATED ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
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podcast host ⓘ technology executive ⓘ venture capitalist ⓘ |
| owns | minority stake in Golden State Warriors ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
CEO of Social Capital
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vice president of user growth, mobile and international at Facebook ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| workPeriodEnd | Facebook: 2011 ⓘ |
| workPeriodStart | Facebook: 2007 ⓘ |
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