Mike Solana

Michael Solana (born 1985) is an American venture capitalist and marketing executive. He is the chief marketing officer of Founders Fund, and owner of the digital media outlet Pirate Wires.
Early life and education
Michael Solana was born in Toms River, New Jersey, where he was raised. He attended Boston University.
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.
In 2020, he started a podcast, Problematic, and shortly thereafter an email newsletter, Pirate Wires. 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".
In 2024, his interview with Jack Dorsey, in which Dorsey revealed why he departed board, drew widespread media coverage.
Personal life
Solana lives in Miami, Florida.
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