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The Unusual Ambitions of Chamath Palihapitiya

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A billionaire turns on his own.

The Unusual Ambitions of Chamath Palihapitiya Chamath Palihapitiya (Photographs by Cayce Clifford) A billionaire turns on his own. By Michelle Celarier May 31, 2020 Among the gilded denizens of Silicon Valley, it’s known as the “Who cares? rant.” It began when Chamath Palihapitiya argued, in a CNBC interview on April 9 , that “zombie companies” like airlines did not deserve a bailout from the U.S. government, despite a global pandemic that had shut down business — and travel — the world over. Then he took aim squarely at the men (and they are almost entirely men) running the hedge funds he bla

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