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Kenneth Alan Howery (/ ˈ h aʊər i /; born November 4, 1975) is an American entrepreneur and diplomat. He is a co-founder of PayPal and Founders Fund. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump.
Ken Howery is a general partner at Founders Fund, the VC firm he co-founded with Peter Thiel after PayPal. He invested in Facebook, Zocdoc and Zenefits, and is not bothered by Thiel's political involvement.
Ken Howery is a former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden and a current board member of the Explorers Club. He also serves as the honorary chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Sweden and the co-chair of the Fulbright Commission Sweden.
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Learn about Ken Howery, the quiet force behind PayPal, Tech's Most Successful Mafia. From his role as the first CFO of PayPal to his venture capital investments in Facebook, SpaceX, and Airbnb, to his diplomatic service as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
The firm was organized by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek in early 2005 and raised its first fund of $50 million from individual entrepreneurs and angel investors in January of that year. [6] Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster and ex-president of Facebook, joined in 2006. [6]
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Watch as newly arrived U.S. Ambassador Ken Howery introduces himself, gets his first experiences of Sweden and talks about his goals for his time as ambassador.
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