Roger McNamee

Author of the New York Times bestseller, Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe

Roger McNamee is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, which documents his journey from mentor to Mark Zuckerberg to critic of Facebook. Zucked was the cover story in TIME on January 28, 2019.  Since April 2017, Roger has been engaged – with many others – in a campaign to address the dark side of social media and reform the tech industry.

Roger began his career in 1982 at T. Rowe Price Associates, where he managed the top performing Science & Technology Fund and co-managed the New Horizons Fund. In 1991, he launched Integral Capital Partners, the first crossover fund (combining later stage venture capital with public market investments), in partnership with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Morgan Stanley & Co. In 1999, Roger co-founded Silver Lake Partners, the first private equity fund focused on technology businesses. In 2004, Roger and his partners launched Elevation Partners, an investment partnership focused on the intersection of media and technology. U2’s Bono was a co-founder of Elevation.

Roger has written opinion pieces for the  New York Times, Washington Post, TIME Magazine, Wired, the Financial Times, The Guardian, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and San Diego Union-Tribune. He is a frequent guest on Squawk Alley on CNBC and on Ali Velshi’s show on MSNBC. Roger was featured in three documentaries: Frontline: The Facebook Dilemma, The Great Hack, and The Social Dilemma. He was a technical advisor to HBO’s Silicon Valley for seasons 2 through 6.

Roger holds a B. A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. 

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