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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Mar 29, 2021
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- Speakers
- Chamath Palihapitiya, Kara Swisher
- Topics
- Science & Technology, Campaigns & Electoral Politics
Join the IOP as we welcome venture capitalist, engineer, and CEO of multi-hundred-million-dollar venture capital firm Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya. This program will be moderated by Kara Swisher, Editor-at-Large at New York Magazine & Host of the "Sway" & "Pivot" podcasts. Together, they will discuss the GameStop surge, what government’s role should or shouldn’t be in regulating platforms like Robinhood, how innovative businesses can be effective when the government fails its citizens, and Palihapitiya’s potential run for governor of California.
As the founder of Social Capital, Palihapitiya focuses on investments in breakthrough companies in healthcare, education, enterprise software, and financial services with the mission of “advancing humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems.” He previously served as the longest tenured original member of Facebook’s Senior Management team and held leading roles in The Mayfield Fund, AOL, Winamp, and Spinner.com. He is also a minority owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, chairman of Virgin Galactic, and host of the podcast “All In.”
- Chamath Palihapitiya Founder of Social Capital, longest tenured original member of Facebook’s Senior Management team, held roles in The Mayfield Fund, AOL, Winamp, and Spinner.com; Minority owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, chairman of Virgin Galactic, and host of the podcast “All In.”
- Kara Swisher Winter 2021 Pritzker Fellow, Host of “Sway” and "Pivot" podcasts; Author of "Burn Book'; Editor-at-Large at the New York Magazine; Opinion writer for The New York Times, Executive Producer of the Code Conference, Hosted Recode Decode, Co-produced and Co-hosted The Wall Street Journal's “D: All Things Digital," Reported for the Washington Post