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Michael Solana[1]
Born1985 or 1986 (age 37–38)
Alma materBoston University
Occupation(s)Venture capital, Public relations
EmployerFounders Fund

Michael Solana (born 1985 or 1986) is an American venture capitalist[2][3] and marketing executive. He is the chief marketing officer of Founders Fund (a venture capital firm) and owner of the digital media outlet Pirate Wires.

Early life and education

Solana was raised in New Jersey and attended Boston University.[4]

Career

After graduating university, Solana interned at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and then worked as an editorial assistant at Penguin Books' occult imprint TarcherPenguin under editor Mitch Horowitz.[4]

Solana met Peter Thiel in 2009 while volunteering for The Seasteading Institute and eventually relocated to San Francisco to work at the Thiel-affiliated Founders Fund as chief marketing officer.[4][1] In 2020, he started a podcast, Problematic, and shortly thereafter an email newsletter on Substack, Pirate Wires.[4] Backed by Founders Fund, Pirate Wires expanded with the hiring of several full-time reporters and, according to Business Insider, moved from Substack to "a splashy website reminiscent of Vice".[5][4]

In 2022, Solana organized Hereticon, an annual Founders Fund-backed conference Reason described as "focused on ideas and arguments that have largely been shut out of mainstream discourse".[6]

Personal life

Solana lives in Miami, Florida.[4] He sits on the board of directors of the Foundation for American Innovation.[7]

Works

  • Solana, Mike (2014). Citizen Sim: Cradle of the Stars. ISBN 1945796596.

References

  1. ^ a b "Chief Marketing Officer Michael Solana". foundersfund.com. Founders Fund. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Ding, Jamie (December 16, 2022). "Twitter Targets Journalist Accounts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Soave, Robby (2024). Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future. Simon and Schuster. p. 216. ISBN 198215960X.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Beam, Christopher (October 25, 2024). "The Most Opinionated Man in America". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on October 25, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  5. ^ Bernard, Zoë (July 2024). "Inside the 'broletariat revolution'". Business Insider. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Suderman, Peter (June 2022). "Mike Solana Wants You To Commit Thoughtcrimes". Reason. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Askonas, Jon (July 24, 2024). "Tech for Trump". City Journal. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

Further reading

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