Roger McNamee

Co-founder of Elevation Partners & Author of "Zucked"

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Roger McNamee, co-founder of Elevation Partners and author of Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, has been a Silicon Valley investor for 35 years. He co-founded successful funds in venture, crossover and private equity. His most recent fund, Elevation, included U2’s Bono as a co-founder. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Roger plays bass and guitar in the bands Moonalice and Doobie Decibel System and is the author of Zucked, as well as The New Normal and The Moonalice Legend: Posters and Words, Volumes 1-9. He has served as a technical advisor for seasons two through five of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” series and was also responsible for raising the money that created the Wikimedia Foundation.

Talks

Roger McNamee - Resisting the Rise of Surveillance Capitalism

Roger McNamee, author of Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, kicks off ideacity’s...