With a Little Help From His Friends | Vanity Fair

Is Facebook founding president Sean Parker a greedy cynic or an idealistic (if hard-partying) genius? David Kirkpatrick fills out the personal profile of the very private 30-year-old phenom.

Save this story Save this story TECH’S BAD BOY Sean Parker, Man of Mystery, in his (rented) five-story Manhattan town house. Sean Parker was sitting in World Civilization class at his Virginia high school when someone brought him a note. His father, it read, was waiting to take him to an orthodontist appointment. A chill ran down Parker’s spine. He didn’t have an orthodontist. When he got outside, his father angrily whisked him into the family minivan. When they arrived at their modest suburban house, a team of F.B.I. agents was toting papers and a desktop computer out of Sean’s room. Within a

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