Venture Capitalist
Identifying emerging technology trends, partnering with entrepreneurs that are trying to solve some of the world's hardest problems and help them build substantial commercial and economic outcomes. Our returns have placed us among the top technology investors in the world and act as a signal that we have generally been on the right track.
We believe the next decade of technology innovation will create multiple $10T markets. From deep tech, where recent advances in frontier technologies can now be commercialized into sustainable businesses, to life sciences where drug discovery is moving out of the realm of PhDs and chemists into the hands of computer scientists, to the global energy transition where the world’s need for sustainable energy will drive a new waves of innovation, to the creator economy where media and distribution are being disrupted and atomized.
Chamath Palihapitiya is Founder & CEO of Social Capital. Prior to starting Social Capital, Chamath served as an early member of Facebook's senior-most executive team and led the development and launch of new platforms that drove their global growth. Prior to Facebook, Chamath held leading roles at The Mayfield Fund, AOL and Winamp.
