Sean Parker is often referred as 'tech titan' and 'playboy billionaire'. The New Media is going to cover both the sides of our 1st guest personality. The best way to start Sean Parker's introduction is through the movie 'The Social Network'. You can recall Justin Timberlake who portrayed Sean Parker in the movie. Although he was not very happy with the way his character was shown and says he is taking care of his image.
Lets begin with 'Sean Parker - The Tech Titan.' Sean started young as he learnt programming from his father who was a scientist while he was in second grade. His passion for coding was very obvious when he wrote a letter to his school authorities requesting to count his time spent on coding in the computer lab as his foreign language class. His hobby was hacking and programming in his teens. Sean is a born entrepreneur because he started earning $80,000 from various projects while he was in high school. He convinced his parents to skip his way through high school education and pursue entrepreneurship as his career. Steven Bertoni, a journalist with Forbes spent a day with him in September this year. He says Sean is not traditional and one cannot contain him in a day. He is not a 9 - 5 type of a man. He is all about ideas. If he has an idea he would not isolate himself for days and resurface once he has a vision on it. Sean is a perfectionist. When he was in school he would not give in his paper if he wasn't satisfied with it. He said he would rather get an 'f' grade than give a mediocre paper. His excitement about perfectionism is contagious.
The first product which he created was 'Napster' which was a free music file - sharing service. This attracted huge number of users within a year and became a hit in USA. This service was eventually shut after it was opposed by all the big recording labels. Parker helped found and manage Plaxo which was first product which had viral design in-built. It got acquired by private investors. In 2004 he came across 'thefacebook' and he could identify the potential it had to make it big. He was the founding president at Facebook till 2005 and since then has been on its board. He then worked with Causes, a social networking way to raise funds for charity. Presently, he is working as the director at Spotify to live his vision about online music which he started with Napster.
“Sean was pivotal in helping Facebook transform from a college project into a real company,” Mark Zuckerberg says in an e-mail. “Perhaps more importantly, Sean helped ensure that anyone interested in investing in Facebook would not only buy into a company, but also a mission and vision of making the world more open through sharing.”
Steven Bertoni doesn't agree with Sean's image portrayed in the movie 'The Social Network.' He doesn't come across as a party boy but spends a lot of time visualizing his ideas. Sean Parker's vision is not to own on company but have his mark on various products/companies and move from division to division.
'The Playboy Billionaire' has a net worth of $2.1 billion at the age of 31. Parker shelled out $20 million for a sixty - story, five floor, 8,500 - square - foot West Village townhouse. He boasts three assistants, a driver and private - jet jaunts. He drives a $100,000 electric sports car and owns an arsenal of custom Tom Ford suits. Parker's hair stylist is Ruben Colon at Sally Hershberger's slon who charges at modest $250 per cut. He is known for doing great booze and drug parties at his house. Although people have not seen him do drugs but supplies of it at his parties are found.
Parker's impulsiveness is shown in his relationships, he got engaged to Alexander Lenas after six months of knowing her. Sean can amaze you with his crazy habbits. He likes to blind order things on Amazon and be thrilled at what comes. He likes dining in the middle of the night by specially waking up the chefs. He seems to very fond of Sushi. He likes taking unknown calls just out of curiosity.
'Boiled down, Sean Parker is a human accelerant, an idea catalyst who, when combined with the right people, has fueled some of the most disruptive companies of the last two decades' says Forbes. Solving specific problems drives Sean Parker, not fame or money. Truly a personality that can grip you!
Lets begin with 'Sean Parker - The Tech Titan.' Sean started young as he learnt programming from his father who was a scientist while he was in second grade. His passion for coding was very obvious when he wrote a letter to his school authorities requesting to count his time spent on coding in the computer lab as his foreign language class. His hobby was hacking and programming in his teens. Sean is a born entrepreneur because he started earning $80,000 from various projects while he was in high school. He convinced his parents to skip his way through high school education and pursue entrepreneurship as his career. Steven Bertoni, a journalist with Forbes spent a day with him in September this year. He says Sean is not traditional and one cannot contain him in a day. He is not a 9 - 5 type of a man. He is all about ideas. If he has an idea he would not isolate himself for days and resurface once he has a vision on it. Sean is a perfectionist. When he was in school he would not give in his paper if he wasn't satisfied with it. He said he would rather get an 'f' grade than give a mediocre paper. His excitement about perfectionism is contagious.
“Sean was pivotal in helping Facebook transform from a college project into a real company,” Mark Zuckerberg says in an e-mail. “Perhaps more importantly, Sean helped ensure that anyone interested in investing in Facebook would not only buy into a company, but also a mission and vision of making the world more open through sharing.”
Steven Bertoni doesn't agree with Sean's image portrayed in the movie 'The Social Network.' He doesn't come across as a party boy but spends a lot of time visualizing his ideas. Sean Parker's vision is not to own on company but have his mark on various products/companies and move from division to division.
Parker's impulsiveness is shown in his relationships, he got engaged to Alexander Lenas after six months of knowing her. Sean can amaze you with his crazy habbits. He likes to blind order things on Amazon and be thrilled at what comes. He likes dining in the middle of the night by specially waking up the chefs. He seems to very fond of Sushi. He likes taking unknown calls just out of curiosity.
