Who Is Brigette Lau? Chamath Palihapitiya Ex Wife Age, Uyghur Controversy Update

Chamath Palihapitiya ex-wife, Brigette Lau is the co-founder of Social Capital.

Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist who is mostly known for investing in stocks. He is a Srilankan-born Canadian entrepreneur and is the founder of Social+Capital which he co-founded with his ex-wife Brigette Lau.

The engineer cum capitalist got into controversy recently when he said that nobody cared about Uyghurs in China. They are one of the ethnic minorities of China found in the Northwest of the country.

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Who Is Brigette Lau? Chamath Palihapitiya Ex Wife

Brigette Lau is popularly known as the ex-wife of Chamath Palihapitiya. The duo founded the Social + Capital partnership which is now called Social capital. The marriage year of the couple is not known but they parted ways in 2018 due to unforeseen circumstances.

In 2018, the social capital’s funds operations decreased alarmingly. It is said that the founder had an affair with his Italian girlfriend and went missing for days. He did answer calls for days to spend time with her.

This can be the possible reason for the couple’s divorce. However, it cannot be confirmed as none of them have come forward to clarify the air.

Chamath Palihapitiya Age And Wikipedia

Chamath Palihapitiya’s age is 45 years old. He was born on September 3, 1976, to his Srilankan parents. He migrated to Canada as a refugee with his family when he was only 5 years old.

Working at Burger King during his struggling days, Palihapitiya went to Lisgar Collegiate Institute. Further, he went to the University of Waterloo and got a degree in electrical engineering.

He has been a part of Facebook in its initial days but left it in 2011 to start up his own company Social+Capital partnership along with his ex-wife. Since then, there has been no looking back for him.

Along with his own venture, Chamath is a sponsor and investor in several SPACs.

Chamath Palihapitiya Net Worth

Chamath Palihapitiya’s net worth is over US$1.2 billion in 2022. He was also listed in Forbes list of billionaires in 2021 where got ranked 2378. Starting from Facebook to owning a company and making it big, Palihapitiya is not stopping anytime soon.

In 2019 he made Virgin Galactic go public and sold its stake at $213 million. Likewise, he has helped numerous startups to grow and reach where they are today.

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