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Chamath Palihapitiya

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Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder of The Social+Capital Partnership.

Previously, Chamath was the executive responsible for overseeing Facebook Platform as well as launching Facebook’s online advertising channel. He vacated his most recent role as Vice President of User Growth, Mobile and International Expansion at Facebook in June, 2011.

Chamath joined Facebook from The Mayfield Fund, a leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley where he was focused on consumer Internet, advertising and technology investments.

Prior to Mayfield, Chamath spent five years with AOL, most recently as the Vice President and General Manager of AIM and ICQ, where he oversaw two of the most popular instant messaging businesses on the Internet.

Chamath began his career as a derivatives trader before leaving finance to work for Internet music pioneers Spinner.com and Winamp. Chamath grew up in Canada (born in Sri Lanka) and graduated first class honors in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Milestones

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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as Board of Directors at SecondMarket.
  Posted 11/7/11 at 1:27pm
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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as General Partner.
  Posted 7/12/11 at 1:46pm
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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as Board of Directors at BlingNation.
  Posted 7/7/11 at 11:31am
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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as marketing coordinator at AOL.
  Posted 6/3/11 at 10:47pm
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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as General Partner.
  Posted 6/3/11 at 12:43pm
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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as Board of Directors at Consorte Media.
  Posted 5/15/09 at 12:31pm
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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as Board of Directors at Playdom.
  Posted 5/15/09 at 12:31pm
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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as Board of Directors at FixYa.
  Posted 5/15/09 at 12:31pm
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  Chamath Palihapitiya added a position as VP of Growth, Mobile and International at Facebook.
  Posted 8/15/07 at 10:28pm
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  Chamath Palihapitiya invested in shoply. (1/27/12)
  Posted 1/27/12 at 5:38pm via techcrunch.com
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  Chamath Palihapitiya invested in HipWay. (10/19/11)
  Posted 10/19/11 at 10:32pm via finsmes.com
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  Chamath Palihapitiya invested in Baby.com.br. (2/1/11)
  Posted 10/13/11 at 12:03pm via nytimes.com
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  Chamath Palihapitiya invested in Treehouse. (10/17/11)
  Posted 10/17/11 at 5:51pm via techcrunch.com
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  Chamath Palihapitiya invested in Hip Way. (10/10/11)
  Posted 10/10/11 at 5:27am
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  Chamath Palihapitiya invested in Tykoon. (9/27/11)
  Posted 9/27/11 at 7:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  Chamath Palihapitiya invested in Yammer. (9/27/11)
  Posted 9/27/11 at 8:29am via techcrunch.com

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1. Angel Investor (redrobotlabs.com) [edit]
2. Shoply Aims To Socialize Ecommerce, Raises Seed Funding From Top Notch Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. HipWay Raises $2M; Completes $2.75k Angel Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Web Design Community Treehouse Raises $600K From Reid Hoffman, Kevin Rose, And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Citation Needed [add]
6. Tykoon Raises $1.4M To Help Parents Teach Kids Fiscal Responsibility (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Former Facebook VP Chamath Palihapitiya Leads $17M Round In Yammer (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Airport Info App GateGuru Launches On Android; Raises $800K (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Ostrovok Raises $13.6M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
10. NYT DealBook (dealbook.nytimes.com) [edit]
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12. Inside Facebook (insidefacebook.com) [edit]
13. AppToU gets $1.8M for mobile application startup (venturebeat.com) [edit]