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Shawn Fanning

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Shawn Fanning created Napster in 1998 while attending Northeastern University.
He is currently the GM of Rupture at Electronic Arts.

Fanning has since founded SNOCAP, a B2B Music Distributor, in 2002, and Rupture, an MMORPG social network in 2006. Both companies were sold in 2008 – SNOCAP to imeem, and Rupture to Electronic Arts.

Milestones

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  Shawn Fanning invested in SimpleGeo. (11/27/09)
  Posted 11/30/09 at 10:50am
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  Shawn Fanning invested in Square. (11/09)
  Posted 12/1/09 at 11:05am
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as GM, Rupture at Electronic Arts. (2008)
  Posted 1/22/10 at 10:23am
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as Founder at Napster.
  Posted 3/14/08 at 4:46pm
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as Co-Founder at Snocap.
  Posted 8/14/07 at 11:42pm
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as Adviser at SuperFan.
  Posted 11/13/09 at 4:45pm
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as Founder and CEO at Rupture.
  Posted 10/2/07 at 4:33am

Videos

Investments

Sources

1. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Company Communication [edit]