David O. Sacks
David O. Sacks | |
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.jpg) Sacks in 2024 | |
| Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Oliver Sacks May 25, 1972 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Citizenship |
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| Spouse(s) |
Jacqueline Tortorice
(m. 2007) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
| Known for | Former CEO of Zenefits Former COO of PayPal Founding CEO of Yammer |
David Oliver Sacks (born May 25, 1972)[1] is a South African-American[2] businessman, author, politician and investor who has been the Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology since 2025. He is a general partner of Craft Ventures, a venture capital fund he co-founded in late 2017.[3] Sacks was the COO and product leader of PayPal,[4] and founder and CEO of Yammer.[5][6]
In 2017, Sacks co-founded Craft Ventures.[7] He also worked for Facebook, Uber, SpaceX, Palantir Technologies, and Airbnb.[8][9][10]
In December 2024, President Donald Trump named Sacks the White House AI and crypto czar for his second administration.[11]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Thomas, Owen (June 25, 2012). "Meet The Yammer CEO Who Just Made Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Selling To Microsoft". Business Insider. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ↑ @DavidSacks (April 20, 2024). "I became a U.S. citizen in 1982" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "ALL-IN with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg". allinpodcast.co.
- ↑ "eBay to Acquire PayPal-- Shared Mission Will Expand Platforms and Benefit Consumers". eBay (Press release). July 8, 2002. Archived from the original on November 21, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ Bryant, Adam (July 16, 2011). "Fostering a Culture of Dissent". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ↑ "With $1.2 Billion Yammer Buy, Microsoft's Social Enterprise Strategy Takes Shape". TechCrunch. June 25, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ "David Sacks teams with Bill Lee to raise $350 million VC fund". Axios. January 4, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ↑ Rao, Leena (November 8, 2011). "Max Levchin, Keith Rabois And David Sacks Back The Uber For Carwashes, Cherry". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ Bort, Julie (July 6, 2016). "Why one of the most successful people in tech took the No. 2 job at a startup". Business Insider. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ Griffith, Erin (June 5, 2014). "Meet the Uber Rich". Fortune. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ↑ Lai, Stephanie; Lowenkron, Hadriana (6 December 2024). "Trump Names David Sacks as White House AI and Crypto Czar". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
Other websites
[change | change source]- David O. Sacks on IMDb
- David Sacks on Twitter
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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