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David Sacks
BornDavid Oliver Sacks
5/25/1972
BirthplaceCape Town, South Africa
NationalitySouth African-American
OccupationEntrepreneur, investor, government advisor
TitleSpecial Advisor to the President for AI and Crypto; Co-Chair, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Known forCo-founder and CEO of Yammer, COO of PayPal, co-founder of Craft Ventures, White House AI and crypto advisor
Children3

PayPal Mafia.Craft Ventures Palantir Technologies,[1] Donald Trump [2] Cape Town,South Africa.Silicon Valley Peter Thiel,[3] Juris Doctor [4] Peter Thiel,Elon Musk,Reid Hoffman,Max Levchin,[5] [6] [7] Palantir Technologies,<ref>"Meet the Uber-Rich". Fortune. June 5, 2014. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"David Sacks Q&A". Business Insider. November 2011. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Yammer founder David Sacks joins Zenefits as COO, makes major investment in company". VentureBeat. December 10, 2014. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Why David Sacks became COO of Zenefits". Business Insider. July 2015. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Zenefits fined $62,500 by Tennessee regulators in first settlement on licensing". Reuters. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Zenefits opens up to third-party developers and launches a suite of new HR tools". TechCrunch. October 18, 2016. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Zenefits CEO on Closing the Chapter on Compliance Issues". Bloomberg. October 18, 2016. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Here's how Zenefits is trying to reinvent itself". PC World. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Craft Ventures,Chamath Palihapitiya,Jason Calacanis,David Friedberg.Donald Trump <ref {{cite news |date=December 12, 2025 |title=Trump tech adviser David Sacks under fire over vast AI investments |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/12/12/nx-s1-5631823/david-sacks-ai-advisor-investment-conflicts |work=NPR |access-date=2026-02-24}}<Michael Kratsios.<ref>"Trump Ally David Sacks Says US 'One Step Closer' To 'Crypto Capital' As Senate Panel Advances Bill". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref <ref>"Silicon Valley's Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends". The New York Times. November 30, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Trump AI czar David Sacks starts to worry the industry". Politico. December 20, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"The Crypto Chokehold". Boston Review. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Business Insider'<ref>"David Sacks sees 2 cities replacing NYC and SF as finance and tech capitals". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Marin Independent Journal'<ref>"California Voice: Billionaires fleeing state that helped make them rich". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Meet the Uber-Rich". Fortune. June 5, 2014. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Tesla,<ref>"Silicon Valley's Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends". The New York Times. November 30, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Roelof Botha J.M. Coetzee Keith Rabois Alfred Lin Richard Borcherds Ken Howery <refe

  1. ↑ "David O. Sacks". Venture Voice. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Trump tech adviser David Sacks under fire over vast AI investments". NPR. December 12, 2025. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  3. ↑ "The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus". Independent Institute. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  4. ↑ "Alumni: David Sacks". University of Chicago Magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  5. ↑ "The Way I Work: David Sacks, Yammer". Inc. Magazine. November 2011. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  6. ↑ "Meet the Boss: David Sacks, CEO of Yammer". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  7. ↑ "Yammer CEO David Sacks Bio". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
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