🎧 Silicon Valley Needs a Shakedown
The transcript of my conversation with Chamath Palihapitiya, investor and CEO of Social Capital.
This is a transcript of my conversation with Chamath Palihapitiya, investor and CEO of Social Capital. Listen to the full conversation on your platform of choice or on our podcast page. The transcript is open to members only.
My guest today is the enfant terrible of Silicon Valley, known for his brilliant mind, colorful language and bold leadership. Chamath Palihapitiya is the CEO of Social Capital, a Silicon Valley investment firm, which he founded after a storied career as an executive closely associated with Facebook’s early growth and many other key roles in the Valley. Over the past few years he has been focused on voting with his dollars to make the ideas he cares about come to life. This means investing in companies tackling hard problems, like cancer, climate change and space exploration.Â
In our discussion we talk about what we can learn from the recent American elections, how we can fix what’s broken in venture financing, the challenge of climate change and tackling the proble…