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Sean Parker
Sean Parker is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the file-sharing computer service Napster, and was the first president of the social networking website Facebook. He also co-founded Plaxo, Causes, Airtime.com, and Brigade, an online platform for civic engagement. He is the founder and chairman of the Parker Foundation, which focuses on life sciences, global…
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business · American entrepreneur and philanthropist (born 1979) · entrepreneur · computer scientist · billionaire · also Sean Parker, Parker
Born 3 December 1979 · Q328929
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2026· 3 entries
“something of a conscientious objector”
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2020· 1 entry
Parker appeared in The Social Dilemma
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2019· 1 entry
“What you don't want is a product to be cool. You want it to be a part of people's everyday life.”
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2017· 1 entry
During an interview with Axios, Parker expressed concerns about the role of Facebook in society, saying that it "exploit[s] a vulnerability in human psychology" as it creates a "social-validation feedback loop"
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2016· 3 entries
Published “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” in Physical Review Letters — cited 11,729 times.
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Was given the Pontifical Key Philanthropy Award by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi at the Vatican for his cancer work
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The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy scientists funded a clinical trial to test the next wave of cancer-fighting T-cells engineered using the CRISPR gene-editing technology
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2015· 2 entries
The Economic Innovation Group, which Parker co-founded, published a whitepaper on the idea of opportunity zones, and in 2017, a bill passing them into law was shepherded by a bipartisan coalition involving Senator Cory B
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Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,839 times.
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2014· 2 entries
Brigade acquired Causes, an online platform for social impact and political activism
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Parker stepped down from his role at Founders Fund to focus on other projects
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2013· 2 entries
Parker married Alexandra Lenas in Big Sur, California, in a wedding at which every guest was given a The Lord of the Rings–style costume
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Acquired Votizen, a political advocacy startup
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2012· 1 entry
Pledged a $5 million grant to Stand Up to Cancer and the Cancer Research Institute to create the Immunotherapy Dream Team, uniting laboratory and clinical efforts that will lead to the immunological treatment, control
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2011· 2 entries
Parker was a guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, featured on the cover of the Forbes 400 issue, and was profiled in Vanity Fair
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Parker became engaged to Alexandra Lenas, a singer-songwriter, and they were married in 2013
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2010· 3 entries
And Parker was on the board of directors
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Parker invested US$15 million in Spotify
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Following the example of donations by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz (totaling $70,000) donated $100,000 to the 2010 California Proposition 19 campaign to legalize marijuana in that state and $400,000 to the Democr
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2009· 1 entry
A friend showed him Spotify, a Swedish music-streaming service, and Parker sent an email to Spotify's founder Daniel Ek
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2007· 2 entries
In 2007, Parker founded Causes, originally one of the earliest Facebook applications, as a philanthropic service that uses social media to connect charities with their supporters and potential donors and then communicates that connection to the user's network of friends.
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Parker founded Causes, originally one of the earliest Facebook applications, as a philanthropic service that uses social media to connect charities with their supporters and potential donors and then communicates that co
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2006· 1 entry
Parker became a managing partner at Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture-capital fund founded by Peter Thiel
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2005· 2 entries
Police entered and searched a vacation home Parker was renting and found cocaine
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Since 2005, Parker has been an active donor to cancer research, global public health and civic engagement.
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2004· 1 entry
Parker saw a site called "The Facebook" on the computer of his roommate's girlfriend, who was a student at Stanford
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2003· 1 entry
Published “Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century” in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres — cited 9,130 times.
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1979· 1 entry
Born 1979-12-03.
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