Chamath Palihapitiya isn’t an unknown name in the world of venture capitalists. The Sri Lankan-born Canadian and American venture capitalist is an engineer, SPAC sponsor, and the founder and CEO of Social Capital. Not just that, Palihapitiya was an early senior executive at Facebook as well.
The venture capitalist, who also happens to be an avid poker player, has been married to Nathalie Dompe since 2023.
Here’s all you need to know about the second wife of Palihapitiya.
Who is Nathalie Dompe?
Nathalie Dompe is an Italian businesswoman and model. Nathalie is a financial expert and is currently the CEO of the Italian biopharmaceutical company Dompe Holdings.
Born in 1990 in Milan, Italy. She was born to Sergio Dompe alongside two brothers, namely Alberto and Riccardo. Sergio Dompe is the chairman and the owner of Dompe Farmaceutici, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Italy.
Dompe pursued a bachelor's degree in Theatre studies and is a graduate of the University of the Arts London. Later she finished her Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from Luigi Bocconi Commercial University, Milan, Italy.
Early days of career:
Dompe initially worked at the American multinational technology corporation Microsoft. In 2012, she joined the pharmaceutical industry and later on, became the vice president of business development and a shareholder of the Dompe Group.
Nathalie is responsible for the oversight, market development, and strategic approval of all new medicines launched by Dompe in the United States. The Italian businesswoman explores new opportunities for the company through interactions with other business leaders in the pharmaceutical and high-tech industries.
She is also the CEO of Dompe Holdings, a European diversified holding company that majors in pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and hi-tech.
Apart from being a fierce businesswoman, Dompe is also a professional model and has joined hands with big fashion brands like Vogue. The Italian model has worked with other brands like Giorgio Armani.
Personal life:
Nathalie Dompe is married to Chamath Palihapitiya. She is the second wife of the venture capitalist and entrepreneur.
Dompe and Palihapitiya began dating in February 2018. Chamath Palihapitiya was previously married to Brigette Lau. However, they divorced in 2018. Interestingly, Bridgette Lau is the co-founder of Social Capital, which Palihapitiya is the CEO of.
The duo had four children before they parted ways.
Dompe, who was dating Palihapitiya then, got pregnant in 2018. Dompe and Chamath's wedding was held at Castle Brown.
Dompe shares two children with Palihapitiya.
In a December 2017 interview, Palihapitiya revealed that he keeps his children as far away from social media as possible, except for the occasional movie, explaining, "I don't like this co-dependency of 'they need to rely on me, and when they can't, I feed them a device because that becomes a babysitter'.”
Who is Chamath Palihapitiya?
Chamath Palihapitiya, the Sri Lankan-born Canadian and American venture capitalist, engineer, SPAC sponsor, and the founder and CEO of Social Capital, is a Facebook alum, as he was an early senior executive at Facebook, working at the company from 2007 to 2011.
With a father struggling with alcoholism, and a mother trying to make ends meet with the help of low-paying housekeeping jobs, Palihapitiya worked at a Burger King outlet to support his family.
Palihapitiya attended Lisgar Collegiate Institute and after graduating from the University of Waterloo in 1999 with a degree in electrical engineering, he worked for a year as a derivatives trader at the investment bank BMO Nesbitt Burns.
Palihapitiya then joined Winamp, which was subsequently acquired by AOL, where he became the company's youngest vice president, heading its instant messaging division in 2004. In 2005, he left AOL and joined Mayfield Fund; in 2007 he left Mayfield and joined Facebook, which was then a little more than three years old.
Although Palihapitiya's work at Facebook in his first year was messy, by his own account, he led the release of Facebook Beacon, an advertising system which failed and became the subject of lawsuits. Palihapitiya next focused on new user growth; after four years, Facebook had 1 billion users.
Before leaving Facebook, Palihapitiya led the Facebook Phone and Facebook Home projects.
In 2011, he left Facebook and started his own fund, The Social+Capital Partnership, with his then-wife Brigette Lau. The name of the firm was changed to Social Capital in 2015. Through the fund, Palihapitiya invested in several companies, including Glooko, Inc, Yammer, SecondMarket, Slack, and Box.
As of 2015, the fund had more than $1.1 billion in total assets most of which came from external investors.
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