Chamath Palihapitiya

Chamath Palihapitiya (born 3 September 1976) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian and American venture capitalist, engineer, SPAC sponsor, founder and CEO of Social Capital. Palihapitiya was an early senior executive at Facebook, working at the company from 2007 to 2011. Following his departure from Facebook, Palihapitiya started The Social+Capital Partnership, through which he invested in several companies, including Yammer and Slack. He is a co-host of a technology podcast, All In, along with David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, and David Friedberg.

Chamath Palihapitiya
Palihapitiya in 2019
Born (1976-09-03) 3 September 1976
Sri Lanka
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States
EducationLisgar Collegiate Institute
Alma materUniversity of Waterloo
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • Businessman
  • Venture capitalist
Years active2007–present
Spouses
Brigette Lau
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(div. 2018)​
    Nathalie Dompé
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    (m. 2023)​
    Children5
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