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Sean Parker

1979 - Today

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Sean Parker (born December 3, 1979) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the file-sharing computer service Napster, and was the first president of the social networking website Facebook. He also co-founded Plaxo, Causes, Airtime.com, and Brigade, an online platform for civic engagement. He is the founder and chairman of the Parker Foundation, which focuses on life sciences, global public health, and civic engagement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sean Parker has received more than 10,051,617 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sean Parker is the 637th most popular businessperson (down from 471st in 2019), the 9,840th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,560th in 2019) and the 221st most popular American Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Sean Parker ranks 637 out of 847Before him are Michael Milken, Shari Arison, Svend Foyn, Billy Beane, Hiroshi Mikitani, and Maurice Podoloff. After him are Ruja Ignatova, Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, Michael O'Leary, John Peter Zenger, Sumner Redstone, and Horace Elgin Dodge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Sean Parker ranks 177Before him are MyAnna Buring, Daniel Cormier, Stiliyan Petrov, Jaime King, Jean-Alain Boumsong, and Chris Klein. After him are Gabri García, Jagmeet Singh, Nick Stahl, Flo Rida, Mariya Gabriel, and Mohamed Kallon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sean Parker ranks 9,840 out of 20,380Before him are Michael Trevino (1985), Van Williams (1934), Dave Chappelle (1973), John Kocinski (1968), Rick Ross (1976), and Rebecca Solnit (1961). After him are Bob Orton Jr. (1950), Clarence Hudson White (1871), Glenda Farrell (1904), XXXTentacion (1998), Christopher Young (1958), and Neal Adams (1941).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Sean Parker ranks 221Before him are Rick Scott (1952), Meg Whitman (1956), Joel Glazer (1970), Michael Milken (1946), Shari Arison (1957), and Billy Beane (1962). After him are Sumner Redstone (1923), Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), Gwynne Shotwell (1963), Eliphalet Remington (1793), Avram Glazer (1960), and John Munro Longyear (1850).