Who is Sean Parker?
CEO of Brigade Media LLC (1)
In June, he donated $600 million to launch the Parker Foundation, which will focus on funding programs in life sciences, global public health, and civic engagement. (2)
He pledged $24 million to develop the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Standford. (2)
He donated $4.5 million to support a malaria-elimination program at the University of California San Francisco’s Global Health Group. (2)
was the president of Facebook (1)
In 2005, he was arrested on allegations of cocaine possession (2)
joined the Facebook team in 2004 (2)
founded Plaxo (1)
co-founded Napster (1)
What can you tell me about Sean Parker?
paid $20 million for a West Village townhouse known as the Bacchus House for its party-animal past. He has previously been renting the house for $45,000 a month, in addition to an apartment he owns in San Francisco.
Resources
1. https://time.com/61898/silicon-valley-sean-parker-brigade/
2 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-insane-life-of-facebook-billionaire-sean-parker-2015-7?op=1#after-several-lawsuits-from-music-associations-eventually-shut-down-napster-parker-went-on-to-found-a-social-networking-site-called-plaxo-he-was-ousted-two-years-later-2
