Chamath Palihapitiya
Founder of Social Capital
Chamath Palihapitiya
Founder of Social Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2011 - Current
VP, User Growth, Mobile & International
2007 - 2011
Responsible for overseeing core growth components, building new systems to maximize adoption and virality and growing Facebook adoption throughout the world. Also responsible for overseeing our mobile efforts.
VP, Platform & Monetization
2007 - 2008
Original exec in charge of FB Platform as well as launching and managing monetization efforts including online advertising channel.
Investor
2006 - 2007
Focused on investing primarily in Consumer Internet, Media and Advertising opportunities. Secondary focus on Games and Mobile.
Vice President & General Manager, AIM + ICQ
2003 - 2005
Led resurgence of two of the Internet' most visible and popular brands. Revamped entire brand, product and value proposition of AIM and closed many significant, high profile transactions. Oversaw ICQ team in Israel.
Director then Executive Director, Product
2001 - 2003
Responsible for Product and Premium Services for multiple entertainment categories including Games, Music, Movies, Television, Ticketing and Sports.
Product & Business Development
2000 - 2001
Responsible for product and bus dev at Winamp and Spinner.com - a pioneering media player and online radio company. Both companies were acquired by AOL.
Associate - Interest Rate Derivatives Group
1999 - 2000
Responsible for creating and trading interest rate derivatives. One of the youngest people in bank history to be given their own P&L and proprietary trading account.
Education
B.A.Sc.
1994 - 1999