Visionary:Chamath Palihapitiya
Chamath Palihapitiya
Biography
Founder of Social Capital, former Facebook executive, SPAC pioneer.
Category
Venture Capitalist
Notable Quotes
On Innovation Cycles and Market Bubbles
"The future is about owning assets that generate cash flow, not growth at any cost."
—Chamath Palihapitiya, All-In Podcast (2023), September 15, 2023, Episode 145
On Attention Economy and Information Overload
"We've created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works."
—Chamath Palihapitiya, Stanford GSB (2017), November 13, 2017, View From The Top
On Creative Destruction in AI Era
"Climate change and AI are the two megatrends that will define the next 50 years."
—Chamath Palihapitiya, CNBC Interview (2024), January 25, 2024
On Wealth Inequality and Technology
"Money is just a way of keeping score. Impact is the real game."
—Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital Annual Letter (2018), February 27, 2018, p. 3
On Zero Marginal Cost Society
"The best businesses have network effects and zero marginal costs."
—Chamath Palihapitiya, This Week in Startups (2022), June 10, 2022, Episode 1456