Sean Parker (California)
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| Sean Parker | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Founders Fund |
| Role: | Managing Partner |
| Website: | Official website |
As of 2016, Sean Parker was a businessman in the internet and digital media fields. He co-founded Napster, a music sharing service, and was formerly the president of Facebook. As of June 2016, Forbes listed Parker as worth $2.4 billion. Politically, he was known for his 2016 activisim in support of the legalization of marijuana in California.[1][2][3]
Career
Parker worked in the internet and digital media fields for his whole professional career. He started by working at UUNET, which was the first commercial Internet service provider, according to the organizations LinkedIn account. Parker then cofounded a music sharing service, Napster, when he was 19. At age 21, he when on to cofound Plaxo, a contact management startup, where he worked from 2001 to 2004. He became Facebook's president for a short period of time at age 24. He then began working for Peter Thiel's venture firm, Founders Fund, in 2006 as a managing partner. As of 2016, Parker served on the board of Spotify, a digital music service entity, since 2009. In 2010, he founded Airtime, a social networking platform, and he continues to chair the organization. In 2014, he launched Brigade Media, a technology startup aiming to use social networking in order to increase political engagement.[1][4][5][6][3]
Humanitarian activity
In June 2015, Parker launched The Parker Foundation, giving $600 million to fund giving to civic engagement global health, and life sciences causes. The foundation later donated $10 million to establish a new autoimmunity research lab at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 2015. Parker also gave $4.5 million to UCSF to help combat malaria and $24 million to Stanford University to establish an allergy research center.[3]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details Parker's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for Sean Parker | |||
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| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| California Proposition 64, Marijuana Legalization (2016) | 2016 | Supported[2] |  Approved
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| Nevada Background Checks for Gun Purchases, Question 1 (2016) | 2016 | Supported[7] | Approved
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| California Proposition 1, Water Bond (2014) | 2014 | Supported[8] | Approved
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| California Proposition 2, Changes to State Budget Stabilization Fund Amendment (2014) | 2014 | Supported[8] | Approved
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| California Proposition 47, Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative (2014) | 2014 | Supported[9] | Approved
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| California Proposition 19, Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2010) | 2010 | Supported[10] |  Defeated
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Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LinkedIn, "Sean Parker," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cal Coast News, "Leading California marijuana measure emerges," February 23, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Forbes, "Sean Parker," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Airtime," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "UUNET," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ Facebook, "Sean Parker, About," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 San Francisco Weekly, "Sean Parker Is Now a Top California Political Power Player In November Election," October 9, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Drug Policy Action Committee to Tax and Regulate Marijuana - Yes on Prop. 19 ," accessed August 24, 2016
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