Sean Parker
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Sean Parker (born 3 December, 1979) is an American businessman and entrepreneur.
Parker gained early notoriety as a co-founder of Napster Inc. in 1999. An IRC friend of Shawn Fanning, Parker helped convince Fanning to incorporate Napster as a business. He joined Fanning in California and developed the early business strategy of the firm. E-mails and memos written by Parker that suggested the firm was aware that its users were violating copyright laws were key pieces of evidence in the court case that sunk Napster. In 2000, Parker left Napster.
In July 2001, Parker co-founded Plaxo, an online contact service, and served as its president. In 2004, Parker left Plaxo under rumors of being forced out by its venture capital investors and his co-founders. Parker was also the founding president of Internet startup Facebook. Parker quietly left Facebook for undisclosed reasons in late 2005. He now lives in San Francisco, where he has become a leading breeder of fennec foxes.
