Sean Parker

Sean Parker

Sean Parker (born 3 December, 1979) is an American businessman and entrepreneur.

Parker gained early notoriety as a co-founder (with Shawn Fanning) of Napster Inc. in 1999. Parker helped convince Fanning to incorporate Napster as a business. He joined Fanning in California and developed the early business strategy of the firm. In 2000, Parker left Napster. In 2001, Parker was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology.

In July 2001, Parker co-founded Plaxo, an online contact service, and served as its president. In 2004, Parker left Plaxo under rumors of being forced out in a board coup by its venture capital investors. Parker was also the founding president of Internet startup Facebook. Parker was then kicked out of Facebook due to a cocaine arrest. [http://valleywag.com/tech/lawsuits/sean-parker-was-kicked-out-of-facebook-for-cocaine+related-arrest-327662.php] In late 2005, he left Facebook to become a managing partner of the Founders Fund [cite news|publisher=Venture Beat|url=http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/12/founders-fund-hires-edgy-sean-parker-as-partner-to-launch-second-fund|title= Portals for the People|date=December 12, 2006|accessdate=2008-05-27|author=Matt Marshall] , a venture capital fund based out of San Francisco.

Sean Parker sits on the boards of several private companies.

References

[http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/11/56322 Napster Co-Founder's New Venture ]


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