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'The Social Network,' a fictionalized version of Facebook's founding story, is 10 years old. Here's where the people behind the characters are now.
(L) Jesse Eisenberg in 'The Social Network' (2010); (R) Mark ZuckerbergSony/Rick Friedman/Corbis vi…
Debanjali Bose
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Family heartbroken after grand jury clears officer who killed baby boy in Mississippi shootout
Three-month-old La'Mello Parker was killed in May 2021, when his father got into a shootout with po…
Ashley Collman
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Sean Parker's other notorious startup, Plaxo, is finally dead - here's how it influenced Facebook
Parker helped Zuckerberg maintain control of Facebook. At Facebook, Parker negotiated an unusual de…
Melia Robinson,Julie Bort
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Evan Spiegel reportedly just dropped $100 million on a vacant lot and an unfinished mansion in a lavish Los Angeles neighborhood - and he's about to be neighbors with Jeff Bezos and Facebook billionaire Sean Parker
Evan Spiegel may have expanded his growing real estate empire once again - this time, with a proper…
Avery Hartmans
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The insane life of Facebook billionaire Sean Parker
The 35-year-old, whose net worth is now estimated to be about $3 billion, hasn't slowed down a bit.…
Madeline Stone
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Facebook billionaire Sean Parker wants to eliminate diabetes
In June, Parker gave $600 million to establish the Parker Foundation, which is where this pledge co…
Biz Carson
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Tech billionaire Sean Parker has stepped down from Spotify's board as the company prepares to IPO
Earlier this year, Spotify raised $1 billion (£700 million) in debt, The Wall Street journal report…
Sam Shead
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Inside the insane life of Facebook billionaire Sean Parker
From co-founding Napster to becoming the founding President of Facebook at age 24, Sean Parker has …
Eames Yates
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Why this director thinks Sean Parker's controversial streaming startup will ruin movies
The director's latest film, starring Michael Shannon as a father who tries to protect his son with …
Jason Guerrasio
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Ian McKellan refused a $1.5 million offer to officiate Sean Parker's wedding
Parker's extraordinarily lavish wedding made headlines at the time, since he reportedly spent $4.5 …
Avery Hartmans
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Sean Parker's Airtime - a notorious flop five years ago - says it now has millions of users video chatting together
Since rebooting last year, Klaus told Business Insider that Airtime has proven particularly popular…
Mike Shields
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Billionaire Napster founder Sean Parker is hacking cancer with a $250 million institute
Others hacks at the Insitute include sharing research tools between organizations and conducting cl…
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Lady Gaga's new boyfriend is a tech CEO who went to Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg and now works for Facebook billionaire Sean Parker
The couple has reportedly been dating since at least New Year's Eve, and attended the Super Bowl to…
Avery Hartmans
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The incredible life and career of Sean Parker, who got his start as a teenage hacker before cofounding Napster and becoming a Facebook billionaire
The 40-year-old, whose net worth is estimated to be about $2.7 billion, hasn't slowed a bit: he don…
Avery Hartmans
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Facebook billionaire Sean Parker spent $500,000 to help legalize recreational weed in California
Parker helped found Napster and is a billionaire thanks to his early involvement in Facebook, and h…
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Netflix says it would make its original films available to watch on Sean Parker's controversial movie rental startup
Backed by "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, the idea behind The Screening Room is that yo…
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Facebook billionaire Sean Parker has donated $600 million to start his own foundation
"The Parker Foundation will apply the lessons learned from Silicon Valley start-ups to our philanth…
Madeline Stone
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How Sean Parker bounced back from being fired to change Facebook's history
Parker helped Zuckerberg maintain control of Facebook. At Facebook, Parker negotiated an unusual de…