Chamath Palihapitiya's Linkedin Analytics

Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder of Social Capital, an organization that makes bets on potentially transformational ideas, technology, and people. Social Capital supports entrepreneurship at all stages in diverse markets including energy transition, space, healthcare and consumer. Prior to founding Social Capital, Chamath was an early member of Facebook's senior executive team and led the development and launch of new platforms that drove the company's global growth. Prior to Facebook, Chamath held roles at The Mayfield Fund, AOL, and Winamp. Chamath was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Canada, and graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.