Sean Parker
Los Angeles, California
Diploma, High School
United States
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Facebook, Self Made
$2,700,000,000
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#877 Billionaires 2019
#302 Forbes 400 2018
Sean Parker's fortune stems from his brief tenure, at age 24, as Facebook's president.Parker is now a venture capital investor and philanthropist.Parker's interest in music led him to invest in Spotify in 2010. He left the Board of Directors in June 2017 but remains an investor in the company.He launched his Parker Foundation in 2015 with $600 million earmarked for science, global health and civic engagement. In April 2016, his foundation announced a $250 million grant to establish the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.
Parker cofounded music sharing service Napster at age 19 and Plaxo, a contact management startup, at 21.Parker bought Brody House in Los Angeles from Ellen DeGeneres for approximately $55 million in 2014.
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