Mike Solana Explained
Mike Solana should not be confused with Solana (blockchain platform).
Michael Solana (born 1985) is an American venture capitalist[1] [2] and marketing executive. He is the chief marketing officer of Founders Fund, and owner of the digital media outlet Pirate Wires.[3]
Early life and education
Michael Solana was born in Toms River, New Jersey,[4] [5] [6] where he was raised.[7] His grandmother was an immigrant from Spain and his father was a veteran of the Vietnam War.[8] He attended Boston University.[9]
Career
After graduating university, Solana interned at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and then worked as an editorial assistant at Penguin Books' occult imprint TarcherPenguin under editor Mitch Horowitz.[9] Solana met Peter Thiel in 2009 while volunteering for The Seasteading Institute and eventually relocated to San Francisco to work at Thiel's venture capital firm Founders Fund as its chief marketing officer.[10]
In 2020, he started a podcast, Problematic, and shortly thereafter an email newsletter on Substack, Pirate Wires.[9] Backed by Founders Fund, Pirate Wires expanded with the hiring of several full-time reporters and, according to Business Insider, moved from Substack to "a splashy website reminiscent of Vice".[11] [9] The coverage of Pirate Wires has been described as "left-critical," and Solana has been called Thiel's protégé.
In 2022, and in subsequent years, Solana has organized Hereticon,[12] an annual Founders Fund-backed conference that Reason described as something that was "focused on ideas and arguments that have largely been shut out of mainstream discourse".[13]
Personal life
Solana lives in Miami, Florida.[9] He sits on the board of directors of the Foundation for American Innovation.[14] He is gay.[15]
Works
- Book: Solana . Mike . Citizen Sim: Cradle of the Stars . 2014 . 1945796596.
Further reading
External links
Notes and References
- News: Ding . Jamie . Twitter Targets Journalist Accounts . October 25, 2024 . . December 16, 2022.
- Book: Soave . Robby . Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future . 2024 . . 198215960X . 216.
- Web site: Beam . Christopher . 2024-10-25 . The Most Opinionated Man in America . 2024-11-13 . The Atlantic . en.
- 1587156290706587648 . micsolana . i legit grew up in toms river. check mate, putin. . Mike . Solana.
- 1145845905196797954 . micsolana . it’s my birthday tell me i’m pretty . Mike . Solana.
- 1193217166948077569 . micsolana . 34-years old and still not fully sure i’m shaving properly? . Mike . Solana.
- 1707214009617850770 . micsolana . i was born and raised in jersey we are a powerful people . Mike . Solana.
- 1723712823841235109 . micsolana . my grandma was an immigrant from spain. her brother and her husband fought in world war two. both her sons, including my father, fought in vietnam. ripping down the american flag, and waving the spanish flag — on veterans day — would have been unthinkable to her for any reason. . Mike . Solana.
- News: Beam . Christopher . October 25, 2024 . The Most Opinionated Man in America . live . https://archive.today/20241025153139/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/mike-solana-pirate-wires/680355/ . October 25, 2024 . October 25, 2024 . The Atlantic.
- Web site: Chief Marketing Officer Michael Solana . October 25, 2024 . Founders Fund.
- News: Bernard . Zoë . Inside the 'broletariat revolution' . October 25, 2024 . . July 2024.
- Web site: Solana . Michael . 2024-02-28 . Hereticon 2: The Apocalypse Ball . 2024-11-13 . Founders Fund . en-US.
- News: Suderman . Peter . Mike Solana Wants You To Commit Thoughtcrimes . October 25, 2024 . . June 2022.
- News: Askonas . Jon . Tech for Trump . October 25, 2024 . . July 24, 2024.
- 1587978133327732736 . micsolana . gay guy here having the time of my life fyi . Solana . Mike . 2022-11-02 . 2024-11-11 . en-US.
