Steven Levy wrote in Facebook: The Inside Story that Palihapitiya was regarded as a "bully" at Facebook, and that he had made many of his subordinates cry regularly. Before leaving Facebook, Palihapitiya led the Facebook Phone and Facebook Home projects. After this failure, Palihapitiya pitched leading Growth, where his team focused entirely on new user growth. Palihapitiya led the release of Facebook Beacon, which failed and led to lawsuits.
Palihapitiya's work at Facebook in the first year was messy from his account. In 2005, he left AOL and joined Mayfield Fund in 2007 he left Mayfield and joined Facebook, which was then a little more than three years old. Palihapitiya joined Winamp, which was subsequently acquired by AOL, where he became the company's youngest vice president ever, heading its instant messaging division in 2004. Career 2004–2011: Winamp, AOL, Mayfield, and Facebook He then accepted a job offer at Winamp and moved to California. After graduating from the University of Waterloo in 1999 with a degree in electrical engineering, Palihapitiya worked for a year as a derivatives trader at the investment bank BMO Nesbitt Burns. At age 14, Palihapitiya worked at a Burger King to support his family. Palihapitiya's father was frequently unemployed, and his mother did low-paying housekeeping jobs. Five years later, in 1986, the posting came to an end, and the family applied for refugee status rather than returning home on the basis that Gamage had been criticized for his views on the violence during the Sri Lankan Civil War. In 1982, Palihapitiya moved with his family to Canada at age five his father Gamage had been posted to the High Commission of Sri Lanka, Ottawa. Palihapitiya was born on 3 September 1976 in Sri Lanka. He is a co-host of the technology podcast All In. The Social+Capital Partnership changed its name to Social Capital in 2015.
Following his departure from Facebook, Palihapitiya started his fund, The Social+Capital Partnership, through which he invested in several companies, including Yammer and Slack. Palihapitiya was an early senior executive at Facebook, working at the company from 2007 to 2011. Chamath Palihapitiya (born 3 September 1976) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian and American venture capitalist, engineer, SPAC sponsor, founder and CEO of Social Capital.
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