Chamath is an Internet generation executive, having designed, launched and managed some of the Internet's most successful and well-known consumer products and services. Currently Chamath is the VP of Marketing and Operations for Facebook. Prior to Facebook, Chamath focused on consumer Internet, advertising and media investments for Mayfield. Prior to Mayfield, Chamath spent five years with AOL, most recently as the vice president and general mana...
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Chamath is an Internet generation executive, having designed, launched and managed some of the Internet's most successful and well-known consumer products and services. Currently Chamath is the VP of Marketing and Operations for Facebook. Prior to Facebook, Chamath focused on consumer Internet, advertising and media investments for Mayfield. Prior to Mayfield, Chamath spent five years with AOL, most recently as the vice president and general manager of the Desktop Messaging group with overall responsibility for the AIM and ICQ businesses. Prior to his role as head of AIM and ICQ, Chamath was vice president of business operations for AOL's broadband subscription service helping to build the business to over $1 billion in revenue. He also co-founded and launched a Music Video-On-Demand (VOD) Channel to both critical and user acclaim, garnering successive Emmy nominations in 2005 and 2006. Earlier, Chamath held management positions with Internet music pioneers Spinner.com (AOL) and Winamp (AOL). Chamath attended the University of Waterloo, where he graduated First Class Honors with a B.S. in electrical engineering. He is a native of Sri Lanka, was raised in Canada and has lived in the United Kingdom.
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