he is best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users. tech growth legend started on the likely path on the countrip

he is best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users. the tech growth legend started on the likely path on the country gripped with civil role war. joining me today, the incendiary investor and founder of the social capital partnership, chamath palihapitiya. thank you for joining us. how do you feel about that word "incendiary?" chamath: i love that word actually. it's like, at least people will remember you. emily: you were born in sri lanka. what was the state of the country at the time? chamath: i was born in 1976. the civil war broke out in the early 1980's. both my parents are buddhists. my dad was in the civil service. my mom was a nurse. my dad was able to insinuate himself to get posted to the sri lankan high commission in canada. i think we were six years old when myself, my sister, and my parents immigrated. my dad proudly talks about how he was a communist organizer. when he spoke out about that, there was a huge pushback from the government that said you can't talk like this. there was a lot of pressure on my father to the po

he is best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users.

he is perhaps best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million to 750 million users. the tech legend started on an unlikely path, and a country grip by civil war. joining me today on "studio 1.0," the incendiary investor and founder of the social network partnership. how do you feel about that word, incendiary. >> i love that word. at least people will remember you, good or bad. the want to start at beginning. your story is so fascinating. you were born in sri lanka. what was the state of the country of the time? >> the civil war broke out in the early 1980's between the minority and buddhist majority. dad was in the civil service. my mom was a nurse. he was able to kind of insinuate highlf into the commission. six when myself, my sister, and my parents emigrated. >> had the or started? started.r had he was a communist organizer. when he spoke out about that, there was huge pushback from the government said that you cannot talk like this. there was a lot of pressure on my father to the point where he just could not reasonably returned to sri lanka without his life for

he is perhaps best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million to 750 million users.ech legend started on an unlikely path, and a country grip by civil war. joining me today

he is best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users.ech growth legend started on the likely path on the country gripped with civil war.

he is, perhaps, best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users.ut tech's growth legend started on an unlikely path in a country gripped by civil war. joining me today on "studio 1.0," the incendiary investor and founder of the social capital partnership, chamath palihapitiya. thank you so much for joining us. chamath: thanks for having me. emily: how do you feel about that word "incendiary?" chamath: i love that word actually. it's like, at least people will remember you. good or bad. emily: i want to start at the beginning, because your story is so fascinating. you were born in sri lanka. what was the state of the country at that time? chamath: i was born in 1976. i think the civil war broke out in the early 1980's. between the tamil hindu minority and the ethnic sinhalese buddhist majority. both my parents are sinhalese buddhists. my dad was in the civil service. my mom was a nurse. my dad was able to kind of insinuate himself to get posted to the canadian high commission, the sort of sri lankan high commission in canada. i think we were six yea

he is, perhaps, best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users.s growth legend started on an unlikely path in a country gripped by civil war. joining me today on "studio

he is best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users.his tech growth legend started on the unlikely path while his country was gripped with civil war. jo

he is best known for supercharging facebook from 50 million users to 750 million users.he tech growth legend started on the likely path on the country gripped with civil war. joining me today, the ince