Chamath Palihapitiya
HQ Location: USA
RANK #600
Chamath Palihapitiya is co-founder and serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Capital Suvretta Holdings IV. He is a member of the board of directors of Palmetto. He co-founded and serves as CEO of Social Capital He was a member of the board of directors at Glooko. He is also the founder and serves as CEO and chairman of the board of directors at Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp I. He is a member of the board of directors at Ezetap and Brilliant. He has also served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors at Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV and Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. V and at Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. VI. He is also chairman and chief executive officer of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. II. He was a member of the board of directors of Groq. He served as chairman of the board of directors of Virgin Galactic. He is a co-founder and chairman of OTTRSK. He is a co-owner and board member of Golden State Warriors. He is a successful Bay Area entrepreneur and one of the first members of Facebook's management team, and was a significant figure in the venture capital business and many successful early stage online ventures. He is the founder and current CEO of The Social+Capital Partnership, a multi-million dollar venture capital fund that he founded earlier this year. The Social+Capital Partnership works with some of the world's most influential entrepreneurs in business, finance and technology, and invests in groundbreaking ideas in health care, education, financial services and the Internet. Prior to his most recent tenure at The Social+Capital Partnership, he was the longest-serving member of Facebook's senior management team. During his four years at Facebook, he held various positions, including vice president of user growth, mobile and international. A resident of Palo Alto, he joined Facebook in 2007 and was a major force in the launch and incredible growth of the social networking site, overseeing monetization products, Facebook Platform, managing the team responsible for mobile products, and ultimately helping grow the user base to more than 750 million people worldwide. Before joining Facebook, he also held executive positions at AOL (vice president and general manager of AIM and ICQ), the Mayfield Fund (a Silicon Valley venture capital firm), Winamp and Spinner.com (two Internet music pioneers). He attended the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, where he graduated with first class honours in Electrical Engineering.
Numbers of Unicorns
4
167
Rank (Xs)
#600
Investments
50
Exits
32
Numbers of Unicorns
4
167
Rank (Xs)
#600
Investments
50
Exits
32
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VALUATION at entry ($M)
VALUATION
Yammer
Yammer
Series E
$270.19M
4
$1100M
Pure Storage
Pure Storage
Series E
$1039.72M
3
$2720M
Latch
Latch
$1370M
1
$1560M
Pipe
Pipe
$1750M
1
$2000M
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ENTRY ROUND
VALUATION at entry ($M)
VALUATION
2729
Kahuna
$4.23M
42
$175.99M
4295
Porch
$8.25M
84
$697M
2524
Identified
Series B
$20.99M
0
$3.61M
6105
Wave Financial
Series B
$21M
19
$404.23M
1884
FiveStars
$36.62M
9
$317M
3771
On Deck
Series A
$200M
3
$681M
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