Sean Parker
Sean Parker
Sean Parkeris an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who cofounded the file-sharing computer service Napster and served as the first president of the social networking website Facebook. He also cofounded Plaxo, Causes, Airtime, and Brigade, an online platform for civic engagement. He is the founder and chairman of the Parker Foundation, which focuses on life sciences, global public health, and civic engagement. As of November 2015, Parker's net worth was estimated to be US$2.5 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth3 December 1979
CityHerndon, VA
CountryUnited States of America
There came a time when these two incompatible notions of who I was, well, something had to give. Either that 'something' is where you acquiesce to the world around you and you conform, or you sort of defiantly break whatever remaining bonds connect you to that world and create for yourself a different set of values.
If there's some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I've gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free.
It's never the end game. Facebook is now a platform upon which all kinds of applications are being built it's definitely not it.
Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles.
I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.
You start to accumulate your library of music. You want that music everywhere - that's the point where we monetize. If you want portability, mobility, and access, then you buy it.
I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars, you've probably become uncool.
Gray hats are the ones who think they're doing good, but they're not. You learn that when the FBI shows up on your doorstep.
Facebook is such a basic utility. It's something that is such a part of peoples' lives, I think it's hard to imagine it going away.
Look - There's good creepy and there's bad creepy. Today's creepy is tomorrow's necessity.
One of the difficulties in living the lifestyle I lead is that it is hard to get my friends in one place.
Spotify is returning a huge amount of money. We'll overtake iTunes in terms of what we bring to the record industry in under two years.
In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results.
I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.