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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 added a position as CEO & Co-Founder at Airtime. (1/1/12)
  Posted 10/6/11 at 3:31pm
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as Founding Advisor at Diversion. (5/1/10)
  Posted 10/18/10 at 9:20am
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as Advisor at BranchOut.
  Posted 8/16/10 at 4:40pm
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as Co-Founder/Board of Directors at Path.
  Posted 2/16/10 at 11:07am
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as GM, Rupture at Electronic Arts. (1/1/08)
  Posted 1/22/10 at 10:23am
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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 at Napster.
  Posted 3/14/08 at 4:46pm
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  Shawn Fanning added a position as Founder and CEO at Rupture.
  Posted 10/2/07 at 4:33am
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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 invested in Uber. (10/15/10)
  Posted 10/15/10 at 1:53am via venturebeat.com
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  Shawn Fanning invested in BranchOut. (9/17/10)
  Posted 9/17/10 at 2:24pm via techcrunch.com
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  Shawn Fanning invested in Square. (11/1/09)
  Posted 12/1/09 at 11:05am
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  Shawn Fanning invested in SimpleGeo. (11/27/09)
  Posted 11/30/09 at 10:50am via techcrunch.com

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. UberCab raises $1.25M to end your futile search for taxis (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. TechCrunch, SEC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Company Communication [edit]