Chamath Palihapitiya

Chamath Palihapitiya is the Founder and CEO of Social Capital – a technology holding company whose mission is to even the starting line. To that aim, Social Capital funds and builds breakthrough businesses across a broad spectrum of sectors, from inequality to climate change. Preceding his focus as an investor, Chamath was the longest tenured member of Facebook’s senior executive team and helped drive its ascension to one of the most important companies in the world. Prior to Facebook, Chamath held leading roles at The Mayfield Fund, AOL, and Winamp. In addition to his focus at the fund, Chamath is Owner and Director of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. Chamath was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Canada, and graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.