Chamath Palihapitiya
CEO, Social Capital
Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder and chief executive of Social Capital, a technology investment firm, and co-founder and chief executive of 8090, whose AI-native Software Factory platform designs, builds and maintains software for large companies in regulated industries. Born in Sri Lanka and raised in Canada, he earned an electrical engineering degree at the University of Waterloo. He was a senior executive at Facebook, leading its Growth, Platform and Mobile teams, before founding Social Capital in 2011, and later sponsored a series of special-purpose acquisition companies, including those that took Virgin Galactic and Clover Health public. He co-hosts the All-In podcast with Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg and publishes a Substack newsletter. His commentary centers on AI, large technology companies, markets and economic policy.
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Open in leaderboard →| Horizon | 7D | 30D | 90D | 180D | 360D | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #706 | #180 | #363 | #126 | #7 | #147 |
| Calls | 62 | 60 | 58 | 48 | 26 | 60 |
| Avg return | +0.1% | +4.9% | +2.9% | +13.9% | +27.9% | +6.4% |
| vs S&P 500 | -0.3 pp | +2.8 pp | +0.2 pp | +6.3 pp | +15.8 pp | +2.8 pp |
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Chamath Palihapitiya has 48 trade ideas tracked on Buzzberg across 47 tickers since January 2025. Win rate 62% across 47 evaluated calls, average return +15.2%. Ranked #180 on Buzzberg's 30-day Authors leaderboard. Most covered: GOOGL, TSLA, POWER INFRASTRUCTURE.
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