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Then: Mr. Palihapitiya’s resume spans from working in venture capital on Sand Hill Road to heading up AOL’s instant messaging division, but his tenure at Facebook was arguably the most significant. Mr. Palihapitiya was a vice president at the startup for four years, from 2007 to 2011, where he oversaw Facebook Platform and launched Facebook’s online advertising channel.



Now: Mr. Palihapitiya now works out of his garage in Palo Alto. The former VP has an extremely amicable relationships with his ex-employer. He runs a $300 million fund, Social+Capital, whose hand-picked investors include Facebook itself and Adam D’Angelo. “He frequently calls on Facebook’s founder, and his friend, Mark Zuckerberg, for instance, to brainstorm investment ideas,” reports Dealbook.



As an angel, Mr. Palihapitiya has a number of investments, some of which have former Facebook employees as investors or advisors. Small Demons, a discovery platform based on metadata from books, counts former Facebookers Julia Popowitz, Tim Kendall and Ali Rosenthal among its investors alongside Mr. Palihapitiya. He also happens to be an avid poker player. Mr. Palihapitiya took the 101st spot in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas last July with $54,851. "Or in VC terms, 5x his investment," said AllThingsD.



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Then: Mr. Palihapitiya’s resume spans from working in venture capital on Sand Hill Road to heading up AOL’s instant messaging division, but his tenure at Facebook was arguably the most significant. Mr. Palihapitiya was a vice president at the startup for four years, from 2007 to 2011, where he oversaw Facebook Platform and launched Facebook’s online advertising channel.



Now: Mr. Palihapitiya now works out of his garage in Palo Alto. The former VP has an extremely amicable relationships with his ex-employer. He runs a $300 million fund, Social+Capital, whose hand-picked investors include Facebook itself and Adam D’Angelo. “He frequently calls on Facebook’s founder, and his friend, Mark Zuckerberg, for instance, to brainstorm investment ideas,” reports Dealbook.



As an angel, Mr. Palihapitiya has a number of investments, some of which have former Facebook employees as investors or advisors. Small Demons, a discovery platform based on metadata from books, counts former Facebookers Julia Popowitz, Tim Kendall and Ali Rosenthal among its investors alongside Mr. Palihapitiya. He also happens to be an avid poker player. Mr. Palihapitiya took the 101st spot in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas last July with $54,851. "Or in VC terms, 5x his investment," said AllThingsD.



(Photo: PokerNews.com)

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