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May 31, 2020 · Chamath Palihapitiya, a Sri Lankan native whose family received refugee status in Canada when he was a child, started as an outsider in the tech world. At Mayfield Fund, where he landed his first ...
Sep 15, 2021 · That period of Palihapitiya’s life would have wide-ranging ripple effects. For one thing, like a lot of people working at Facebook before it went public in 2012, he made a fortune from his ...
Dec 7, 2022 · Chamath Palihapitiya, once a relentless cheerleader of special purpose acquisition companies, blames the Federal Reserve for the end of SPAC mania. Maureen covers the world of big money, including ...
Feb 18, 2022 · The company didn’t say why Palihapitiya was leaving. Evan Lovell, the chief investment officer of Vigin Group, will take his place as interim chairman. Virgin Galactic, founded by Virgin Group ...
Feb 18, 2022 · Topline. Chamath Palihapitiya, the so-called SPAC King whose investment firm helped take Virgin Galactic public in 2019, abruptly resigned from his position as the British-American aerospace ...
Jun 23, 2017 · 1. He Is a Refugee. Although wildly rich today, Palihapitiya was actually a refugee in childhood. According to Bloomberg: "His family had come to Canada from Sri Lanka when he was 5; his father ...
Sep 15, 2020 · Chamath Palihapitiya’s SPAC Social Capital Hedosophia II will acquire Opendoor, an online marketplace for buying and selling houses. The deal values Opendoor at $4.8 billion. The move is a bet ...
