Sean Parker

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Sean Parker (born December 3, 1979) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. Parker has co-founded Napster, Plaxo and Causes^[1], and was Founding President of Facebook, Inc.^[2].

In 1999, Parker co-founded Napster, a free file-sharing service for music that drew the ire of recording labels and the Recording Industry Association of America^[3]. Lawsuits by various industry associations eventually shut down the service^[4][5].

Parker subsequently launched Plaxo, an online address book and social networking service that integrated with Microsoft Outlook, in November 2002.^[6] He left Plaxo for unpublicised reasons after disputes with two shareholders, Sequoia Capital and Ram Shriram^[3].

In 2004, Parker began informally advising the creators of Facebook, and became its president when the company incorporated in 2004^[7].

In 2006, Parker joined the Founders Fund, a venture capital fund based in San Francisco, as Managing Partner^[3][1].

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