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		<title>Sean Parker, &#8216;Dean of the Davos Party Scene,&#8217; One-Ups Himself With Laser Taxidermy</title>

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<p>Former Facebook president <strong>Sean Parker</strong> may not have made <a href="http://qz.com/45509/the-confidential-list-of-everyone-attending-davos-this-year/">the confidential list</a> of 2,630 world leaders, chief executives, and professional pontifs who ponied up $40,000/week--<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/davos-attracts-suffering-ceos.html">layoffs be damned!</a>--to attend this year's World Economic Forum. But "<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/elite_rage_on_in_davos_W2hpRBupWqUq4C1Kwa2bjJ">the dean of the Davos party scene</a>" still delivered.</p>
<p>Mr. Parker's fiancée, aspiring musician <strong>Alexandra Lenas</strong>, gave birth to their daughter, <strong><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2258595/Daddys-little-girl-Facebook-billionaire-Sean-Parker-time-father-fiancee-welcome-daughter-Winter.html">Winter Victoria Parker</a></strong>, earlier this month. But fatherhood doesn't seem to have slowed down the <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/10/sean-parker-201010">party hardy</a> billionaire.<!--more--></p>
<p>On Friday, he hosted a VIP party attended by <strong>Marissa Mayer</strong>, <strong>Dan Loeb</strong> (the hedge fund founder <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/11/tech-insurgents-2012-dan-loeb-of-third-point-llc/">who helped install her at Yahoo</a>), business insider <strong>Henry Blodget</strong>, Wikipedia's <strong>Jimmy Wales</strong>, and a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-ceo-lloyd-blankfein-at-davos-party-2013-1">bearded, grinning <strong>Lloyd Blankfein</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The event, billed as "Future Of Philanthropy Nightcap," was cohosted by Salesforce CEO <strong>Mark Benioff</strong> and London-based "<a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3904bc10-28d5-11e2-b92c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2JF6L96Dj">PR supremo</a>" <strong><a href="http://dld-conference.com/users/806">Ian Osborne</a> </strong>and featured performances by <strong>John Legend</strong> and <strong>Mark Ronson</strong>.</p>
<p>But it's hard to believe anyone was paying attention to the music when there was some strange amalgam of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parkers-davos-party-2013-1#a-cape-buffalo-with-laser-beams-for-eyes-3">cape buffalo and laser pointer</a> hanging from the wall. As a super-normal-voiced Mr. Parker <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/sean-parker-presents-the-hottest-ticket-in-davos-9pHHNjCDQc23q5v2UqB3dg.html">explained on stage</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>"The thing that you see here that was built from top to bottom, from the ground up, laser-eyed taxidermy. You thought you'd seen everything AND NOW YOU have gazed into the eyes of a 250-year-old elk shot by a huntsman in Germany with green laser eyes GLARING into your retinas. YEAH."</p></blockquote>
<p>Solid decoration ideas from a sober mind. Considering <a href="http://hunting.about.com/od/deerbiggame/p/elk.htm">the lifespan of an elk</a>, presumably the beast was stuffed awhile ago and the lasers are a new addition.</p>
<p>Mr. Blodget, who "actually felt quite at home," in the all ages crowd <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parkers-davos-party-2013-1">reports that</a> FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, NYSE CEO <strong>Duncan Niederauer</strong>, Soundcloud CEO <strong>Alex Ljung, </strong>Dropbox founder<strong> Drew Houston</strong>, journalism's super ego <strong>Jeff Jarvis</strong>, PayPal founder<strong> Max Levchin</strong>, Idealab CEO <strong>Bill Gross</strong>, and a bunch of reporters also showed up. Not to mention <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parkers-davos-party-2013-1#thats-gary-cohn-the-president-of-goldman-sachs-on-the-stage-when-he-came-in-another-guest-mistook-him-for-someone-at-jp-morgan-chase-gary-fist-bumped-him-to-let-him-know-he-didnt-hold-it-against-him-6">an uber-chill <strong>Gary Cohn</strong></a>. When the Goldman Sachs president entered the room:</p>
<blockquote><p>". . . another guest mistook him for someone at JP Morgan-Chase. Gary fist-bumped him to let him know he didn't hold it against him."</p></blockquote>
<p>It's hard to tell from the photos, but all told the head count was probably not far off from the <a href="http://www.appdata.com/apps/facebook/173066752743485-airtime">200 daily active users</a> AppData reports for Airtime, Mr. Parker's video chat service. (That's down from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/technology/airtime-a-pedigreed-start-up-is-struggling.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">400 daily active users</a> in October.)</p>
<p>If Airtime fails to take off, the <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=2910&amp;authType=OPENLINK&amp;authToken=g_Lj&amp;locale=en_US&amp;srchid=efd59509-aa34-4f8a-9bd3-e7c0b5576c3d-0&amp;srchindex=1&amp;srchtotal=191&amp;goback=%2Efps_PBCK_*1_Sean_Parker_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&amp;pvs=ps&amp;trk=pp_profile_name_link">Founders Fund managing partner and Spotify board member</a> can always take up Swiss party planning. Last year, he hosted a 43rd birthday bash for Rich Stromback at Davos that one guest <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/elite_rage_on_in_davos_W2hpRBupWqUq4C1Kwa2bjJ">described as</a>, "surreal, like the bar scene from ‘Star Wars’ in which many strange worlds combine." According to the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/elite_rage_on_in_davos_W2hpRBupWqUq4C1Kwa2bjJ"><em>New York Post</em></a>, that ended with Randi Zuckerberg and Robert Scoble dancing on a table.</p>
<p>The year before that, Mr. Parker chartered two jets to fly out The Killers, Jane's Addiction, and Snoop Dogg to his <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-sean-parkers-totally-deluxe-off-the-hook-spotify-party-2011-9?op=1">"off the hook" Spotify bash</a>, following the startup's partnership with Facebook.</p>
<p>Davos likely holds a special place in Mr. Parker's heart for other reasons. In 2011, one month before he and Ms. Lenas got engaged, the <em>Daily Mail</em> says she "<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2258595/Daddys-little-girl-Facebook-billionaire-Sean-Parker-time-father-fiancee-welcome-daughter-Winter.html">purportedly saved his life</a>" at the WEF. "Mr Parker accidentally ate some nuts, which he is allergic to. Miss Lenas carried him to his car so their driver could rush the couple to the hospital."</p>
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<p>Former Facebook president <strong>Sean Parker</strong> may not have made <a href="http://qz.com/45509/the-confidential-list-of-everyone-attending-davos-this-year/">the confidential list</a> of 2,630 world leaders, chief executives, and professional pontifs who ponied up $40,000/week--<a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/davos-attracts-suffering-ceos.html">layoffs be damned!</a>--to attend this year's World Economic Forum. But "<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/elite_rage_on_in_davos_W2hpRBupWqUq4C1Kwa2bjJ">the dean of the Davos party scene</a>" still delivered.</p>
<p>Mr. Parker's fiancée, aspiring musician <strong>Alexandra Lenas</strong>, gave birth to their daughter, <strong><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2258595/Daddys-little-girl-Facebook-billionaire-Sean-Parker-time-father-fiancee-welcome-daughter-Winter.html">Winter Victoria Parker</a></strong>, earlier this month. But fatherhood doesn't seem to have slowed down the <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/10/sean-parker-201010">party hardy</a> billionaire.<!--more--></p>
<p>On Friday, he hosted a VIP party attended by <strong>Marissa Mayer</strong>, <strong>Dan Loeb</strong> (the hedge fund founder <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/11/tech-insurgents-2012-dan-loeb-of-third-point-llc/">who helped install her at Yahoo</a>), business insider <strong>Henry Blodget</strong>, Wikipedia's <strong>Jimmy Wales</strong>, and a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-ceo-lloyd-blankfein-at-davos-party-2013-1">bearded, grinning <strong>Lloyd Blankfein</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The event, billed as "Future Of Philanthropy Nightcap," was cohosted by Salesforce CEO <strong>Mark Benioff</strong> and London-based "<a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3904bc10-28d5-11e2-b92c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2JF6L96Dj">PR supremo</a>" <strong><a href="http://dld-conference.com/users/806">Ian Osborne</a> </strong>and featured performances by <strong>John Legend</strong> and <strong>Mark Ronson</strong>.</p>
<p>But it's hard to believe anyone was paying attention to the music when there was some strange amalgam of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parkers-davos-party-2013-1#a-cape-buffalo-with-laser-beams-for-eyes-3">cape buffalo and laser pointer</a> hanging from the wall. As a super-normal-voiced Mr. Parker <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/sean-parker-presents-the-hottest-ticket-in-davos-9pHHNjCDQc23q5v2UqB3dg.html">explained on stage</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>"The thing that you see here that was built from top to bottom, from the ground up, laser-eyed taxidermy. You thought you'd seen everything AND NOW YOU have gazed into the eyes of a 250-year-old elk shot by a huntsman in Germany with green laser eyes GLARING into your retinas. YEAH."</p></blockquote>
<p>Solid decoration ideas from a sober mind. Considering <a href="http://hunting.about.com/od/deerbiggame/p/elk.htm">the lifespan of an elk</a>, presumably the beast was stuffed awhile ago and the lasers are a new addition.</p>
<p>Mr. Blodget, who "actually felt quite at home," in the all ages crowd <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parkers-davos-party-2013-1">reports that</a> FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, NYSE CEO <strong>Duncan Niederauer</strong>, Soundcloud CEO <strong>Alex Ljung, </strong>Dropbox founder<strong> Drew Houston</strong>, journalism's super ego <strong>Jeff Jarvis</strong>, PayPal founder<strong> Max Levchin</strong>, Idealab CEO <strong>Bill Gross</strong>, and a bunch of reporters also showed up. Not to mention <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-parkers-davos-party-2013-1#thats-gary-cohn-the-president-of-goldman-sachs-on-the-stage-when-he-came-in-another-guest-mistook-him-for-someone-at-jp-morgan-chase-gary-fist-bumped-him-to-let-him-know-he-didnt-hold-it-against-him-6">an uber-chill <strong>Gary Cohn</strong></a>. When the Goldman Sachs president entered the room:</p>
<blockquote><p>". . . another guest mistook him for someone at JP Morgan-Chase. Gary fist-bumped him to let him know he didn't hold it against him."</p></blockquote>
<p>It's hard to tell from the photos, but all told the head count was probably not far off from the <a href="http://www.appdata.com/apps/facebook/173066752743485-airtime">200 daily active users</a> AppData reports for Airtime, Mr. Parker's video chat service. (That's down from <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/technology/airtime-a-pedigreed-start-up-is-struggling.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">400 daily active users</a> in October.)</p>
<p>If Airtime fails to take off, the <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=2910&amp;authType=OPENLINK&amp;authToken=g_Lj&amp;locale=en_US&amp;srchid=efd59509-aa34-4f8a-9bd3-e7c0b5576c3d-0&amp;srchindex=1&amp;srchtotal=191&amp;goback=%2Efps_PBCK_*1_Sean_Parker_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&amp;pvs=ps&amp;trk=pp_profile_name_link">Founders Fund managing partner and Spotify board member</a> can always take up Swiss party planning. Last year, he hosted a 43rd birthday bash for Rich Stromback at Davos that one guest <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/elite_rage_on_in_davos_W2hpRBupWqUq4C1Kwa2bjJ">described as</a>, "surreal, like the bar scene from ‘Star Wars’ in which many strange worlds combine." According to the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/elite_rage_on_in_davos_W2hpRBupWqUq4C1Kwa2bjJ"><em>New York Post</em></a>, that ended with Randi Zuckerberg and Robert Scoble dancing on a table.</p>
<p>The year before that, Mr. Parker chartered two jets to fly out The Killers, Jane's Addiction, and Snoop Dogg to his <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-sean-parkers-totally-deluxe-off-the-hook-spotify-party-2011-9?op=1">"off the hook" Spotify bash</a>, following the startup's partnership with Facebook.</p>
<p>Davos likely holds a special place in Mr. Parker's heart for other reasons. In 2011, one month before he and Ms. Lenas got engaged, the <em>Daily Mail</em> says she "<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2258595/Daddys-little-girl-Facebook-billionaire-Sean-Parker-time-father-fiancee-welcome-daughter-Winter.html">purportedly saved his life</a>" at the WEF. "Mr Parker accidentally ate some nuts, which he is allergic to. Miss Lenas carried him to his car so their driver could rush the couple to the hospital."</p>
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